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Theatre Appreciation

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Drop in emotional intensity following the climax






2. Exaggerated comedy derived from situations






3. 500-1800 people






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






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






6. Bottom of stage (closest to audience)






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






8. High point of action






9. Events progress forward in time






10. Rhyming






11. The standard tool for casting a production






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






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






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






15. Audience observes from a similar viewpoint






16. Rebellion against melodrama and romanticism - more based on character's psychological journey - controversial subject matter






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






18. Bottom of stage (closest to audience)






19. Busiest person in the theatre






20. Used alienation to encourage distance






21. Organization of action






22. Naturalism - throw away traditional structure - 'slice of life'






23. Writer and first actor






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

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25. Rejection of neoclassicism -






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






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






28. The standard tool for casting a production






29. Information needed to understand the play






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






31. Works published before 1923






32. The Clouds - The Frogs - Lysistrata






33. Linear events progress forward in time






34. In the middle ages - wagons with scenery used in professional staging






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






36. 'New Comedy' wrote The Grouch






37. Stick used to add noise to physical comedy






38. Emotional identification - sense of identification with the character






39. Greek - actor






40. England's type of theatre






41. Does not acknowledge the presence of an audience






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






43. Grammatically based






44. The audience seating are 'sitting place'






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






46. 19th century - action - thrillers - domestic stories of love and divorce






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






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






49. Does not acknowledge the presence of an audience






50. A group of performers working together vocally and physically






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