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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. The person in charge of the financial business and aspects of a production.






2. Gas lights - etc.






3. The standard tool for casting a production






4. Imitation of character and action






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






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






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






8. Not many props or detailed scenery






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






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






11. Person who embodies a character on stage






12. Audience observes from a similar viewpoint






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






14. Visible light source on stage






15. Italians






16. Drawn by eccentricities of major character






17. Based on the lives of the saints






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






19. Drop in emotional intensity following the climax






20. Plot - Character - Thought - Language - Music - Spectacle

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






22. Someone who writes plays






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






24. Events progress forward in time






25. Main character






26. A fee for each performance






27. A>B>C>D






28. The audience seating are 'sitting place'






29. Bottom of stage (closest to audience)






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






31. Rejection of neoclassicism -






32. Linear events progress forward in time






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






34. Top of stage






35. Visible light source on stage






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






37. 100-499 people






38. Drawn by eccentricities of major character






39. Wrote 'The Republic' about people who would be allowed in his society






40. Rejection of neoclassicism -






41. Emotional release






42. Relates to the emotional response that the play creates






43. Space can be manipulated to suit the production






44. 500-1800 people






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






46. Feel more in stage acting.






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






48. A group of actors - not just one star






49. Causes trouble for the main character






50. Ideas within the play