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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. Used alienation to encourage distance






2. Planned actor movement






3. Stock characters (servants - masters - lovers)






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






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






6. Units of action that build emotional intensity






7. Units of action that build emotional intensity






8. Top of stage






9. Does not acknowledge the presence of an audience






10. Based on the lives of the saints






11. Controls the environment in the theatre






12. Six elements - catharsis






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






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

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






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






17. Emotional release






18. Physical comedy that became popular with the downslide of religious theatre

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19. Not many props or detailed scenery






20. Oedipus - Antigone - added 3rd actor






21. Events progress forward in time






22. The actual meaning of the dialogue behind the words spoken






23. 500-1800 people






24. Psychological separation - or a sense of detachment






25. A drafting of the set as seen from overhead






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






27. Rhyming






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






29. Six elements - catharsis






30. Feel more in stage acting.






31. Imitation of character and action






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






33. Rejection of neoclassicism -






34. Greek - actor






35. Practical considerations - atmosphere - visual images.






36. 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






37. Secondary line of action that is included in the plot/story






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






39. England's type of theatre






40. Recognizes plays as intellectual property of the playwright






41. A fee for each performance






42. Events progress forward in time






43. Space can be manipulated to suit the production






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






45. Occurs when a line of action suddenly veers to the opposite






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






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






48. Linear events progress forward in time






49. Stock characters (servants - masters - lovers)






50. Was poetry for many years