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Theatre Appreciation

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Professional - but all proceeds go back into the theatre - may require grants/donations






2. Medea - The Bacchae






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






4. Not many props or detailed scenery






5. Stock characters (servants - masters - lovers)






6. Works published before 1923






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






8. Practical considerations - atmosphere - visual images.






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






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






11. Planned actor movement






12. Psychological separation - or a sense of detachment






13. Linear events progress forward in time






14. Emotional release






15. The first director






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






17. Proscenium space






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






19. The recall of physical sensations surrounding emotional events






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






21. Units of action that build emotional intensity






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






23. Stock characters (servants - masters - lovers)






24. Play reenacting biblical stories






25. Oedipus - Antigone - added 3rd actor






26. Person who embodies a character on stage






27. Meetings before casting - brainstorming - shaping work into a unified concept






28. Occurs when something important is found - learned - or realized - during the action of the play






29. Experimented with symbolism in an unconventional setting






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






31. Proscenium space






32. Major character at odds with social expectations






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






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






35. Used alienation to encourage distance






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






37. Not many props or detailed scenery






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






39. A drafting of the set as seen from overhead






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






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






42. Busiest person in the theatre






43. Rejection of neoclassicism -






44. To see something in a 3 dimensional way

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45. A type of performance in which dialogue and action are not planned ahead of time and written down - but are made of on the spot by the actors






46. 500-1800 people






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






48. Exaggerated comedy derived from situations






49. A specialist in finding actors for specific roles






50. A>B>C>D