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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. Visible light source on stage






2. Ideas within the play






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






4. The Clouds - The Frogs - Lysistrata






5. Meetings before casting - brainstorming - shaping work into a unified concept






6. High point of action






7. Six elements - catharsis






8. Rejection of neoclassicism -






9. The first director






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






11. Fast paced - uses reversal and discovery






12. Non-profit and sells a full season theatre






13. A fee for each performance






14. 19th century - action - thrillers - domestic stories of love and divorce






15. A picture of the scene from the audience perspective






16. To see something in a 3 dimensional way

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17. Part of What is included in the text






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






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






20. Physical comedy that became popular with the downslide of religious theatre

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21. Emotional release






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






23. Occurs when something important is found - learned - or realized - during the action of the play






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






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






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






27. Time (play had to take place within a 24 hour period) - place (the whole play must take place in a single location) - and action (single plot)






28. Causes trouble for the main character






29. A group of actors - not just one star






30. Imitation of character and action






31. Italians






32. Main character






33. Gas lights - etc.






34. Events progress forward in time






35. Not many props or detailed scenery






36. Psychological separation - or a sense of detachment






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






38. Wrote 'The Republic' about people who would be allowed in his society






39. A drafting of the set as seen from overhead






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






41. Units of action that build emotional intensity






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






43. Stick used to add noise to physical comedy






44. Actors do not acknowledge the presence of an audience






45. In ancient Greece - a stage house upstage from the circular orchestra






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






47. Feel more in stage acting.






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






49. The first director






50. Less than 100 people - experimental theatre - not exactly commercial