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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. Proscenium arch/stage






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






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






4. A>B>C>D






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

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6. Psychological separation - or a sense of detachment






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






8. Linear events progress forward in time






9. Units of action that build emotional intensity






10. Audience watches from 3 sides






11. Causes trouble for the main character






12. The first director






13. Major character at odds with social expectations






14. Stick used to add noise to physical comedy






15. The audience seating are 'sitting place'






16. A fee for each performance






17. A picture of the scene from the audience perspective






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






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






20. Causes trouble for the main character






21. Works published before 1923






22. Silhouette - color - texture - accent






23. 100-499 people






24. 'Father of Realism'






25. 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






26. Relates to the emotional response that the play creates






27. Rejection of neoclassicism -






28. Amateur theatre in which shows are created by residents of a particular area who come together without being part of a professional or academic institution






29. Events progress forward in time






30. Feel more in stage acting.






31. Rejection of neoclassicism -






32. Proscenium arch/stage






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






34. Experimented with symbolism in an unconventional setting






35. A specialist in finding actors for specific roles






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






37. Occurs when something important is found - learned - or realized - during the action of the play






38. Rhyming






39. Serious and comedic qualities are mixed






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






41. High point of action






42. Italians






43. A picture of the scene from the audience perspective






44. 'Father of Realism'






45. Major character at odds with social expectations






46. Visible light source on stage






47. Experimented with symbolism in an unconventional setting






48. Occurs when a line of action suddenly veers to the opposite






49. Series of short stories






50. A>B>C>D