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Theatre Appreciation

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. In the middle ages - wagons with scenery used in professional staging






2. Focused on thought - controversial






3. Stick used to add noise to physical comedy






4. Someone who writes plays






5. Main character






6. A fee for each performance






7. 'New Comedy' wrote The Grouch






8. Organization of action






9. Busiest person in the theatre






10. Reality (violence happens offstage) - morality (needs to teach a moral lesson) - and universality






11. Writer and first actor






12. 'The Well Made Play' Credited with writing in between 440-500 plays - featured a melodramatic strategy






13. A group of actors - not just one star






14. A type of performance in which dialogue and action are not planned ahead of time and written down - but are made of on the spot by the actors






15. In ancient Greece - the audience seating area at floor level immediately in front of the stage






16. The person in charge of the financial business and aspects of a production.






17. Humorous - objective view point






18. Ideas within the play






19. Planned actor movement






20. What characters do - what characters say about themselves - what others say about them






21. Proscenium space






22. Information needed to understand the play






23. Exaggerated comedy derived from situations






24. Not many props or detailed scenery






25. Stick used to add noise to physical comedy






26. Play reenacting biblical stories






27. Emotional identification - sense of identification with the character






28. Occurs when a line of action suddenly veers to the opposite






29. Play reenacting biblical stories






30. The person in charge of the financial business and aspects of a production.






31. Amateur theatre in which shows are created by residents of a particular area who come together without being part of a professional or academic institution






32. Practitioners do not rely on theatrical activity for their livelihood






33. Rebellion against melodrama and romanticism - more based on character's psychological journey - controversial subject matter






34. Information needed to understand the play






35. In the middle ages - wagons with scenery used in professional staging






36. Naturalism - throw away traditional structure - 'slice of life'






37. Planned actor movement






38. Plato thought it was harmful to be one thing and act like another


39. Requires actors to call on personal memories of situations similar to those of their characters






40. Secondary line of action that is included in the plot/story






41. The recall of physical sensations surrounding emotional events






42. A chart that records the items of clothing worn by each actor in each scene of the play






43. A fee for each performance






44. Greek - actor






45. Blend of union and non-union actors - sometimes housed in non-traditional locations






46. The standard tool for casting a production






47. Professional - but all proceeds go back into the theatre - may require grants/donations






48. Greek - actor






49. High point of action






50. An entrance to elevated seating for the audience that runs underneath the audience and comes up to empty to the seating area