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Theatre Appreciation

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
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1. A picture of the scene from the audience perspective






2. Controls the environment in the theatre






3. Emotional release






4. Major character at odds with social expectations






5. The first director






6. Does not acknowledge the presence of an audience






7. A fee for each performance






8. Units of action that build emotional intensity






9. Writer and first actor






10. Planned actor movement






11. Drop in emotional intensity following the climax






12. Not many props or detailed scenery






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






14. Fast paced - uses reversal and discovery






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






16. Visible light source on stage






17. A group of performers working together vocally and physically






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






19. Italians






20. Space can be manipulated to suit the production






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

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22. 'Father of Realism'






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






24. High point of action






25. Ideas within the play






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






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






28. Does not acknowledge the presence of an audience






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






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






31. Historically accurate costumes and scenery






32. Events that set off a major conflict






33. Events progress forward in time






34. Two or more opposing forces working towards different goals






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






36. Stock characters (servants - masters - lovers)






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






38. Stick used to add noise to physical comedy






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






40. Relates to the emotional response that the play creates






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






42. Feel more in stage acting.






43. Someone who writes plays






44. Rhyming






45. The person in charge of the artistic aspects of theatrical production






46. Was poetry for many years






47. 'Emotion over intellect' - made to assault the senses - developed by Antonin Artaud






48. Gas lights - etc.






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

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

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