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Theatre Appreciation

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Controls the environment in the theatre






2. Recognizes plays as intellectual property of the playwright






3. Not many props or detailed scenery






4. Person who embodies a character on stage






5. Not many props or detailed scenery






6. Organization of action






7. Writer and first actor






8. Units of action that build emotional intensity






9. Emotional identification - sense of identification with the character






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






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






12. Drawn by eccentricities of major character






13. 500-1800 people






14. A group of actors - not just one star






15. A drafting of the set as seen from overhead






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






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






18. Emotional release






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

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20. 500-1800 people






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






22. Relates to the emotional response that the play creates






23. Italians






24. Main character






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






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






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






28. Serious and comedic qualities are mixed






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

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30. Proscenium space






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






32. Practical considerations - atmosphere - visual images.






33. A drafting of the set as seen from overhead






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






35. Does not acknowledge the presence of an audience






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






37. Bottom of stage (closest to audience)






38. Stick used to add noise to physical comedy






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






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






41. Series of short stories






42. Play reenacting biblical stories






43. Part of What is included in the text






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






45. 'Storm and stress'






46. Was poetry for many years






47. Events progress forward in time






48. Information needed to understand the play






49. A>B>C>D






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