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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. Events progress forward in time






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






3. Grammatically based






4. Person who embodies a character on stage






5. Does not acknowledge the presence of an audience






6. Greek - actor






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






8. Psychological separation - or a sense of detachment






9. Serious and comedic qualities are mixed






10. Ideas within the play






11. Was poetry for many years






12. Imitation of character and action






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. Plays with a moral message - good vs. evil






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






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






17. What characters do - what characters say about themselves - what others say about them






18. Audience observes from a similar viewpoint






19. The Oresteia - only surviving Greek trilogy - added 2nd actor






20. Verse






21. Non-profit and sells a full season theatre






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

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23. Rhyming






24. Main character






25. Information needed to understand the play






26. A picture of the scene from the audience perspective






27. Events progress forward in time






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






29. A group of actors - not just one star






30. Born in Stafford Upon Avon - studied Latin in school - wrote 30 plays






31. Verse






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






33. Planned actor movement






34. 'Storm and stress'






35. 'Emotion over intellect' - made to assault the senses - developed by Antonin Artaud






36. Audience observes from a similar viewpoint






37. Units of action that build emotional intensity






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






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






40. The era we are currently in






41. England's type of theatre






42. Planned actor movement






43. Space can be manipulated to suit the production






44. Major character at odds with social expectations






45. To see something in a 3 dimensional way

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






47. A specialist in finding actors for specific roles






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






49. Person who embodies a character on stage






50. 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