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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. Artistic decisions meant to communicate a specific interpretation to the audience






2. Stock characters (servants - masters - lovers)






3. Audience watches from 3 sides






4. The first director






5. Feel more in stage acting.






6. Bottom of stage (closest to audience)






7. Serious and comedic qualities are mixed






8. Stick used to add noise to physical comedy






9. Humorous - objective view point






10. To see something in a 3 dimensional way

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11. Performs Actions of the Play






12. Drawn by eccentricities of major character






13. Top of stage






14. 'New Comedy' wrote The Grouch






15. Italians






16. Someone who writes plays






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






18. Person who embodies a character on stage






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






20. Drop in emotional intensity following the climax






21. 'Storm and stress'






22. Artistic decisions meant to communicate a specific interpretation to the audience






23. Writer and first actor






24. Audience observes from a similar viewpoint






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






26. Writer and first actor






27. Silhouette - color - texture - accent






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






29. Someone who writes plays






30. Used alienation to encourage distance






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






32. Organization of action






33. Time (play had to take place within a 24 hour period) - place (the whole play must take place in a single location) - and action (single plot)






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






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






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






37. Italians






38. Production of plays in schools at primary - secondary - undergraduate - and graduate levels






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






40. Greek - actor






41. Oedipus - Antigone - added 3rd actor






42. Experimented with symbolism in an unconventional setting






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






44. Busiest person in the theatre






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






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






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






48. Units of action that build emotional intensity






49. Oedipus - Antigone - added 3rd actor






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