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






2. 500-1800 people






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






4. Six elements - catharsis






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






6. Drop in emotional intensity following the climax






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






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






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






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






11. Actors do not acknowledge the presence of an audience






12. The era we are currently in






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






14. The audience seating are 'sitting place'






15. A specialist in finding actors for specific roles






16. Linear events progress forward in time






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






18. Audience watches from 3 sides






19. Emotional identification - sense of identification with the character






20. England's type of theatre






21. Italians






22. Audience watches from 3 sides






23. Major character at odds with social expectations






24. Visible light source on stage






25. 100-499 people






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






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






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






29. Information needed to understand the play






30. Rhyming






31. Grammatically based






32. Causes trouble for the main character






33. England's type of theatre






34. A fee for each performance






35. Units of action that build emotional intensity






36. Medea - The Bacchae






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






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






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


40. 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






41. Events progress forward in time






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






43. The first director






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






45. Appearance of truth






46. 'Father of Realism'






47. Busiest person in the theatre






48. Rhyming






49. A>B>C>D






50. Proscenium space