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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. Shows that are produced to earn a profit for investors






2. Performs Actions of the Play






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






4. Actors do not acknowledge the presence of an audience






5. Medea - The Bacchae






6. Controls the environment in the theatre






7. Humorous - objective view point






8. Medea - The Bacchae






9. A group of actors - not just one star






10. Causes trouble for the main character






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






12. Verse






13. Psychological separation - or a sense of detachment






14. Silhouette - color - texture - accent






15. Not many props or detailed scenery






16. 19th century - action - thrillers - domestic stories of love and divorce






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

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18. Non-profit and sells a full season theatre






19. Top of stage






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






21. Audience observes from a similar viewpoint






22. Audience observes from a similar viewpoint






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






24. 100-499 people






25. The standard tool for casting a production






26. 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)






27. Series of short stories






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






29. High point of action






30. A drafting of the set as seen from overhead






31. Play reenacting biblical stories






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






33. A>B>C>D






34. Emotional identification - sense of identification with the character






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






36. Relates to the emotional response that the play creates






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






38. 'Father of Realism'






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






40. Top of stage






41. Relates to the emotional response that the play creates






42. Works published before 1923






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






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






45. Does not acknowledge the presence of an audience






46. Was poetry for many years






47. Feel more in stage acting.






48. Gas lights - etc.






49. Linear events progress forward in time






50. Events that set off a major conflict