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Theatre Appreciation

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Space can be manipulated to suit the production






2. Was poetry for many years






3. Major character at odds with social expectations






4. Audience observes from a similar viewpoint






5. Someone who writes plays






6. Units of action that build emotional intensity






7. The audience seating are 'sitting place'






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






9. Planned actor movement






10. Grammatically based






11. Works published before 1923






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






13. A specialist in finding actors for specific roles






14. Does not acknowledge the presence of an audience






15. Writer and first actor






16. Non-profit and sells a full season theatre






17. Six elements - catharsis






18. The audience seating are 'sitting place'






19. A group of performers working together vocally and physically






20. Space can be manipulated to suit the production






21. A drawing created by the lighting designer showing where each lighting instrument is to be hung






22. Exaggerated comedy derived from situations






23. Emile Zola - throws away traditional structure - 'slice of life'






24. England's type of theatre






25. Thomas Aquinas - literature can be dispersed at a faster rate






26. Scenery - costume - lighting - rhythm - movement - composition






27. Causes trouble for the main character






28. Oedipus - Antigone - added 3rd actor






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






30. Suggest - distort - or abstract reality - deliberately incomplete - impossible in real life






31. Appearance of truth






32. Evokes emotions of pity and fear - serious - ends unhappily






33. Collection of mystery plays - performed outdoors - festivals lasted 1-25 days






34. Events progress forward in time






35. The period of work in which the show is made ready for the stage.






36. Based on the lives of the saints






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

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38. Imitation of character and action






39. Play reenacting biblical stories






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






41. The period of work in which the show is made ready for the stage.






42. Suggest - distort - or abstract reality - deliberately incomplete - impossible in real life






43. Historically accurate costumes and scenery






44. High point of action






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






46. Medea - The Bacchae






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






48. Gas lights - etc.






49. The standard tool for casting a production






50. Relates to the emotional response that the play creates






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