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






2. Italians






3. Two or more opposing forces working towards different goals






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






5. 100-499 people






6. Audience observes from a similar viewpoint






7. Major character at odds with social expectations






8. 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






9. Top of stage






10. Person who embodies a character on stage






11. Space can be manipulated to suit the production






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






13. Verse






14. 'Father of Realism'






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






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






17. Rhyming






18. Organization of action






19. Blend of union and non-union actors - sometimes housed in non-traditional locations






20. Drawn by eccentricities of major character






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






22. Part of What is included in the text






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






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






25. Someone who writes plays






26. Greek - actor






27. Serious and comedic qualities are mixed






28. Emotional release






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






30. Grammatically based






31. Italians






32. Serious and comedic qualities are mixed






33. A picture of the scene from the audience perspective






34. Imitation of character and action






35. Plays with a moral message - good vs. evil






36. Non-profit and sells a full season theatre






37. Audience watches from 3 sides






38. To see something in a 3 dimensional way

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39. A fee for each performance






40. Humorous - objective view point






41. Works published before 1923






42. The Clouds - The Frogs - Lysistrata






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

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44. Medea - The Bacchae






45. The audience seating are 'sitting place'






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






47. A fee for each performance






48. Two or more opposing forces working towards different goals






49. Busiest person in the theatre






50. Not many props or detailed scenery