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Theatre Appreciation

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Main character






2. Business aspect of theatre: House manager - box office manager - ushers






3. Audience watches from 3 sides






4. Linear events progress forward in time






5. Stock characters (servants - masters - lovers)






6. Serious and comedic qualities are mixed






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






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






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






10. 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






11. A second or later round of auditions to which specific actors are invited






12. A picture of the scene from the audience perspective






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






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






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






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






17. Drop in emotional intensity following the climax






18. The recall of physical sensations surrounding emotional events






19. Emotional release






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






21. Experimental - popular between 1890's-1960's






22. Shows that are produced to earn a profit for investors






23. Audience watches from 3 sides






24. Experimental - popular between 1890's-1960's






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






26. Emotional release






27. Proscenium space






28. Space can be manipulated to suit the production






29. Planned actor movement






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

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






32. Series of short stories






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






34. Non-profit and sells a full season theatre






35. Feel more in stage acting.






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






37. Writer and first actor






38. Used alienation to encourage distance






39. Six elements - catharsis






40. 500-1800 people






41. Information needed to understand the play






42. 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






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






44. A picture of the scene from the audience perspective






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






46. Collection of mystery plays - performed outdoors - festivals lasted 1-25 days






47. Person who embodies a character on stage






48. Focused on thought - controversial






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






50. Verse