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






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






3. 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)






4. Shows that are produced to earn a profit for investors






5. Proscenium space






6. Ideas within the play






7. 'New Comedy' wrote The Grouch






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






9. Non-profit and sells a full season theatre






10. The recall of physical sensations surrounding emotional events






11. Space can be manipulated to suit the production






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






13. Audience observes from a similar viewpoint






14. Play reenacting biblical stories






15. Imitation of character and action






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






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






18. High point of action






19. The standard tool for casting a production






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

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21. A>B>C>D






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






23. Busiest person in the theatre






24. Used alienation to encourage distance






25. Person who embodies a character on stage






26. Business aspect of theatre: House manager - box office manager - ushers






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






28. Organization of action






29. Stick used to add noise to physical comedy






30. Experimented with symbolism in an unconventional setting






31. Shows that are produced to earn a profit for investors






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






33. The Clouds - The Frogs - Lysistrata






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






35. Non-profit and sells a full season theatre






36. Units of action that build emotional intensity






37. Ideas within the play






38. Stock characters (servants - masters - lovers)






39. Organization of action






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






41. Events progress forward in time






42. The audience seating are 'sitting place'






43. Main character






44. Planned actor movement






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






46. The first director






47. Information needed to understand the play






48. England's type of theatre






49. Italians






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