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Theatre Appreciation

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Fast paced - uses reversal and discovery






2. Ideas within the play






3. Bottom of stage (closest to audience)






4. Medea - The Bacchae






5. A type of performance in which dialogue and action are not planned ahead of time and written down - but are made of on the spot by the actors






6. Greek - actor






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






8. Part of What is included in the text






9. Drop in emotional intensity following the climax






10. The Clouds - The Frogs - Lysistrata






11. Controls the environment in the theatre






12. 'New Comedy' wrote The Grouch






13. 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)






14. Scenery - costume - lighting - rhythm - movement - composition






15. Planned actor movement






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






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






18. Audience watches from 3 sides






19. The recall of physical sensations surrounding emotional events






20. Collection of mystery plays - performed outdoors - festivals lasted 1-25 days






21. Drawn by eccentricities of major character






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






23. Used alienation to encourage distance






24. Proscenium space






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






26. Appearance of truth






27. Psychological separation - or a sense of detachment






28. A fee for each performance






29. Humorous - objective view point






30. Does not acknowledge the presence of an audience






31. The era we are currently in






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






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

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






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






36. Serious and comedic qualities are mixed






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






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






39. The first director






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






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






42. Was poetry for many years






43. Historically accurate costumes and scenery






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






45. Italians






46. Serious and comedic qualities are mixed






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






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






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






50. Humorous - objective view point