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Theatre Appreciation

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. In a proscenium space - spaces offstage to the left and right for actors - crew - and scenery not yet in the visible performance space






2. Main character






3. Silhouette - color - texture - accent






4. Top of stage






5. Gas lights - etc.






6. Writer and first actor






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






8. Linear events progress forward in time






9. 'Emotion over intellect' - made to assault the senses - developed by Antonin Artaud






10. 'Father of Realism'






11. Verse






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






13. Rejection of neoclassicism -






14. Italians






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






16. 100-499 people






17. Performs Actions of the Play






18. Based on the lives of the saints






19. High point of action






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






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






22. A specialist in finding actors for specific roles






23. 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






24. Major character at odds with social expectations






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






26. 19th century - action - thrillers - domestic stories of love and divorce






27. Works published before 1923






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






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






30. Drawn by eccentricities of major character






31. Play reenacting biblical stories






32. Practitioners do not rely on theatrical activity for their livelihood






33. Events progress forward in time






34. Visible light source on stage






35. The audience seating are 'sitting place'






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






37. A>B>C>D






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






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






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

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






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






43. Rhyming






44. Units of action that build emotional intensity






45. A group of performers working together vocally and physically






46. Drop in emotional intensity following the climax






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






48. Play reenacting biblical stories






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






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