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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. Silhouette - color - texture - accent






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


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






4. Experimental - popular between 1890's-1960's






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






6. A specialist in finding actors for specific roles






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






8. Gas lights - etc.






9. Part of What is included in the text






10. Oedipus - Antigone - added 3rd actor






11. The recall of physical sensations surrounding emotional events






12. Two or more opposing forces working towards different goals






13. Six elements - catharsis






14. 500-1800 people






15. Space can be manipulated to suit the production






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






17. Medea - The Bacchae






18. A specialist in finding actors for specific roles






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






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






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






22. A drafting of the set as seen from overhead






23. The standard tool for casting a production






24. Grammatically based






25. 'New Comedy' wrote The Grouch






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






27. Actors do not acknowledge the presence of an audience






28. Feel more in stage acting.






29. Ideas within the play






30. Visible light source on stage






31. Controls the environment in the theatre






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


33. Audience observes from a similar viewpoint






34. Units of action that build emotional intensity






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






36. Oedipus - Antigone - added 3rd actor






37. Ideas within the play






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


39. Organization of action






40. A drafting of the set as seen from overhead






41. Busiest person in the theatre






42. 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)






43. Rejection of neoclassicism -






44. 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






45. Historically accurate costumes and scenery






46. A group of performers working together vocally and physically






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






48. A group of actors - not just one star






49. Emotional release






50. Main character