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Theatre Appreciation

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Proscenium space






2. Information needed to understand the play






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






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






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






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






7. Non-profit and sells a full season theatre






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






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






10. Bottom of stage (closest to audience)






11. Medea - The Bacchae






12. Exaggerated comedy derived from situations






13. Writer and first actor






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






15. Major character at odds with social expectations






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






17. Performs Actions of the Play






18. Series of short stories






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






20. Writer and first actor






21. Bottom of stage (closest to audience)






22. Ideas within the play






23. A group of performers working together vocally and physically






24. England's type of theatre






25. Silhouette - color - texture - accent






26. A specialist in finding actors for specific roles






27. Six elements - catharsis






28. Controls the environment in the theatre






29. Someone who writes plays






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






31. The first director






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






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






34. Movement of art and literature in 16th century - based on Greek and Roman works






35. Main character






36. To see something in a 3 dimensional way

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37. The standard tool for casting a production






38. Relates to the emotional response that the play creates






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






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






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






42. Stick used to add noise to physical comedy






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






44. Drawn by eccentricities of major character






45. The era we are currently in






46. Appearance of truth






47. Two or more opposing forces working towards different goals






48. The first director






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






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