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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. Oedipus - Antigone - added 3rd actor






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






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






4. Used alienation to encourage distance






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

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6. Busiest person in the theatre






7. Bottom of stage (closest to audience)






8. Feel more in stage acting.






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






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






11. 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)






12. Part of What is included in the text






13. Practical considerations - atmosphere - visual images.






14. Silhouette - color - texture - accent






15. Audience watches from 3 sides






16. A specialist in finding actors for specific roles






17. Italians






18. Stock characters (servants - masters - lovers)






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






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






21. Information needed to understand the play






22. Proscenium space






23. Controls the environment in the theatre






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






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






26. The recall of physical sensations surrounding emotional events






27. Was poetry for many years






28. Writer and first actor






29. Emotional identification - sense of identification with the character






30. Not many props or detailed scenery






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






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






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






34. Planned actor movement






35. Historically accurate costumes and scenery






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






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






38. A drawing created by the lighting designer showing where each lighting instrument is to be hung






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






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






41. Practical considerations - atmosphere - visual images.






42. Linear events progress forward in time






43. Was poetry for many years






44. The audience seating are 'sitting place'






45. Audience observes from a similar viewpoint






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






47. Fast paced - uses reversal and discovery






48. Does not acknowledge the presence of an audience






49. The Clouds - The Frogs - Lysistrata






50. Top of stage