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Theatre Appreciation

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A group of educated men from Oxford and Cambridge Who wrote and performed for the professional public theatre






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






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






4. Main character






5. A specialist in finding actors for specific roles






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






7. Serious and comedic qualities are mixed






8. Audience watches from 3 sides






9. Rejection of neoclassicism -






10. Oedipus - Antigone - added 3rd actor






11. Ideas within the play






12. Professional - but all proceeds go back into the theatre - may require grants/donations






13. Actors do not acknowledge the presence of an audience






14. Collection of mystery plays - performed outdoors - festivals lasted 1-25 days






15. 19th century - action - thrillers - domestic stories of love and divorce






16. Planned actor movement






17. Used alienation to encourage distance






18. Imitation of character and action






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

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20. The audience seating are 'sitting place'






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






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






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






24. Collection of mystery plays - performed outdoors - festivals lasted 1-25 days






25. Medea - The Bacchae






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






27. Historically accurate costumes and scenery






28. Scenery - costume - lighting - rhythm - movement - composition






29. Major character at odds with social expectations






30. Events that set off a major conflict






31. Controls the environment in the theatre






32. Verse






33. Drawn by eccentricities of major character






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






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






36. Audience observes from a similar viewpoint






37. Appearance of truth






38. Part of What is included in the text






39. Units of action that build emotional intensity






40. Does not acknowledge the presence of an audience






41. Main character






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






43. Feel more in stage acting.






44. Practical considerations - atmosphere - visual images.






45. Based on the lives of the saints






46. Proscenium arch/stage






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






48. Fast paced - uses reversal and discovery






49. A>B>C>D






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






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