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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. The person in charge of the artistic aspects of theatrical production






2. Historically accurate costumes and scenery






3. Emile Zola - throws away traditional structure - 'slice of life'






4. Planned actor movement






5. Emotional identification - sense of identification with the character






6. Recognizes plays as intellectual property of the playwright






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






8. Audience observes from a similar viewpoint






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






10. Medea - The Bacchae






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






12. Bottom of stage (closest to audience)






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

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14. A specialist in finding actors for specific roles






15. Italians






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






17. Oedipus - Antigone - added 3rd actor






18. England's type of theatre






19. Ideas within the play






20. Drop in emotional intensity following the climax






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






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






23. Ideas within the play






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

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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. 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






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






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

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29. Based on the lives of the saints






30. Drawn by eccentricities of major character






31. Movement of art and literature in 16th century - based on Greek and Roman works






32. Exaggerated comedy derived from situations






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






34. Proscenium space






35. The actual meaning of the dialogue behind the words spoken






36. Serious and comedic qualities are mixed






37. Two or more opposing forces working towards different goals






38. Emotional release






39. 19th century - action - thrillers - domestic stories of love and divorce






40. 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






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






42. Historically accurate costumes and scenery






43. Silhouette - color - texture - accent






44. Controls the environment in the theatre






45. Silhouette - color - texture - accent






46. Does not acknowledge the presence of an audience






47. Busiest person in the theatre






48. Stick used to add noise to physical comedy






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






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

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