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Theatre Appreciation

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Suggest - distort - or abstract reality - deliberately incomplete - impossible in real life






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






3. Series of short stories






4. A specialist in finding actors for specific roles






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






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






7. A group of actors - not just one star






8. Historically accurate costumes and scenery






9. Feel more in stage acting.






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






11. Based on the lives of the saints






12. The Clouds - The Frogs - Lysistrata






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






14. 'Father of Realism'






15. Information needed to understand the play






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






17. Appearance of truth






18. A group of performers working together vocally and physically






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






20. Part of What is included in the text






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






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






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

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24. Space can be manipulated to suit the production






25. Silhouette - color - texture - accent






26. Silhouette - color - texture - accent






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






28. 'New Comedy' wrote The Grouch






29. Two or more opposing forces working towards different goals






30. 100-499 people






31. Drawn by eccentricities of major character






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






33. Someone who writes plays






34. The person in charge of the artistic aspects of theatrical production






35. Non-profit and sells a full season theatre






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






37. 'Storm and stress'






38. The standard tool for casting a production






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






40. Causes trouble for the main character






41. 'The Well Made Play' Credited with writing in between 440-500 plays - featured a melodramatic strategy






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






43. Controls the environment in the theatre






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






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






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






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






48. Rejection of neoclassicism -






49. Organization of action






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