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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. An individual that aids the director in researching the play and its historical time period






2. The era we are currently in






3. Artistic decisions meant to communicate a specific interpretation to the audience






4. Bottom of stage (closest to audience)






5. 100-499 people






6. Psychological separation - or a sense of detachment






7. Main character






8. Series of short stories






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






10. Busiest person in the theatre






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






12. Emotional release






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






14. To see something in a 3 dimensional way

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






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






17. High point of action






18. Events progress forward in time






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






20. Works published before 1923






21. A>B>C>D






22. 'Father of Realism'






23. Experimented with symbolism in an unconventional setting






24. Greek - actor






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






26. England's type of theatre






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

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






29. Drawn by eccentricities of major character






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






31. Rhyming






32. Practical considerations - atmosphere - visual images.






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






34. Stock characters (servants - masters - lovers)






35. Used alienation to encourage distance






36. A>B>C>D






37. Rejection of neoclassicism -






38. A group of actors - not just one star






39. Historically accurate costumes and scenery






40. In a proscenium space - spaces offstage to the left and right for actors - crew - and scenery not yet in the visible performance space






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






42. Top of stage






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






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






45. Visible light source on stage






46. Not many props or detailed scenery






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






48. Two or more opposing forces working towards different goals






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






50. Focused on thought - controversial