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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. The audience seating are 'sitting place'






3. 100-499 people






4. Space can be manipulated to suit the production






5. High point of action






6. Someone who writes plays






7. Performs Actions of the Play






8. Practical considerations - atmosphere - visual images.






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






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






11. Emotional identification - sense of identification with the character






12. A specialist in finding actors for specific roles






13. 500-1800 people






14. High point of action






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






16. Audience watches from 3 sides






17. Six elements - catharsis






18. Units of action that build emotional intensity






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






20. A fee for each performance






21. Artistic decisions meant to communicate a specific interpretation to the audience






22. Moscow arts theatre - ensemble acting - psychological evaluation of character






23. Practical considerations - atmosphere - visual images.






24. Based on the lives of the saints






25. Rejection of neoclassicism -






26. Organization of action






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






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






29. A>B>C>D






30. Major character at odds with social expectations






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

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32. Rhyming






33. Visible light source on stage






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






35. Evokes emotions of pity and fear - serious - ends unhappily






36. 'New Comedy' wrote The Grouch






37. Information needed to understand the play






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






39. Main character






40. Greek - actor






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






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






43. The Clouds - The Frogs - Lysistrata






44. Was poetry for many years






45. Series of short stories






46. Imitation of character and action






47. Experimented with symbolism in an unconventional setting






48. An entrance to elevated seating for the audience that runs underneath the audience and comes up to empty to the seating area






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






50. Silhouette - color - texture - accent