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Theatre Appreciation

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Planned actor movement






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

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3. The Clouds - The Frogs - Lysistrata






4. Emotional identification - sense of identification with the character






5. 100-499 people






6. A drafting of the set as seen from overhead






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






8. Naturalism - throw away traditional structure - 'slice of life'






9. Play reenacting biblical stories






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






11. Top of stage






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






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






14. Ideas within the play






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






16. 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






17. Greek - actor






18. A picture of the scene from the audience perspective






19. Grammatically based






20. Emotional release






21. Stock characters (servants - masters - lovers)






22. Visible light source on stage






23. Verse






24. Practical considerations - atmosphere - visual images.






25. Relates to the emotional response that the play creates






26. A>B>C>D






27. Six elements - catharsis






28. 'New Comedy' wrote The Grouch






29. Controls the environment in the theatre






30. Imitation of character and action






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






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






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






34. Humorous - objective view point






35. Recognizes plays as intellectual property of the playwright






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






37. Appearance of truth






38. Oedipus - Antigone - added 3rd actor






39. Units of action that build emotional intensity






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






41. In the middle ages - wagons with scenery used in professional staging






42. 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)






43. A group of performers working together vocally and physically






44. Audience watches from 3 sides






45. Stock characters (servants - masters - lovers)






46. The period of work in which the show is made ready for the stage.






47. Imitation of character and action






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






49. Historically accurate costumes and scenery






50. Relates to the emotional response that the play creates