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Theatre Appreciation

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. In ancient Greece - the audience seating area at floor level immediately in front of the stage






2. Not many props or detailed scenery






3. Actors do not acknowledge the presence of an audience






4. Recognizes plays as intellectual property of the playwright






5. Moscow arts theatre - ensemble acting - psychological evaluation of character






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






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






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






9. A group of educated men from Oxford and Cambridge Who wrote and performed for the professional public theatre






10. Space can be manipulated to suit the production






11. Born in Stafford Upon Avon - studied Latin in school - wrote 30 plays






12. The Oresteia - only surviving Greek trilogy - added 2nd actor






13. Plot - Character - Thought - Language - Music - Spectacle

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14. Busiest person in the theatre






15. Fast paced - uses reversal and discovery






16. Oedipus - Antigone - added 3rd actor






17. England's type of theatre






18. Feel more in stage acting.






19. The standard tool for casting a production






20. Bottom of stage (closest to audience)






21. Proscenium space






22. Greek - actor






23. Rejection of neoclassicism -






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






25. Born in Stafford Upon Avon - studied Latin in school - wrote 30 plays






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






27. A second or later round of auditions to which specific actors are invited






28. Production of plays in schools at primary - secondary - undergraduate - and graduate levels






29. 500-1800 people






30. Stick used to add noise to physical comedy






31. Psychological separation - or a sense of detachment






32. A fee for each performance






33. Was poetry for many years






34. A group of actors - not just one star






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






36. Practical considerations - atmosphere - visual images.






37. Series of short stories






38. Part of What is included in the text






39. Plays with a moral message - good vs. evil






40. Relates to the emotional response that the play creates






41. Plot - Character - Thought - Language - Music - Spectacle

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42. The audience seating are 'sitting place'






43. Events progress forward in time






44. Movement of art and literature in 16th century - based on Greek and Roman works






45. Historically accurate costumes and scenery






46. A picture of the scene from the audience perspective






47. 'New Comedy' wrote The Grouch






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






49. Causes trouble for the main character






50. Actors do not acknowledge the presence of an audience