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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. Writer and first actor






2. A group of actors - not just one star






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






4. Space can be manipulated to suit the production






5. The first director






6. Stock characters (servants - masters - lovers)






7. Humorous - objective view point






8. The Clouds - The Frogs - Lysistrata






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






10. Writer and first actor






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






12. Exaggerated comedy derived from situations






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






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






15. The first director






16. Linear events progress forward in time






17. Proscenium arch/stage






18. England's type of theatre






19. Italians






20. Units of action that build emotional intensity






21. Was poetry for many years






22. Plot - Character - Thought - Language - Music - Spectacle

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






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






25. Gas lights - etc.






26. Appearance of truth






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






28. Major character at odds with social expectations






29. Experimented with symbolism in an unconventional setting






30. Play reenacting biblical stories






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






32. A fee for each performance






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






34. Emotional release






35. Serious and comedic qualities are mixed






36. Drawn by eccentricities of major character






37. Actors do not acknowledge the presence of an audience






38. 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






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






40. Used alienation to encourage distance






41. Scenery - costume - lighting - rhythm - movement - composition






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






43. Not many props or detailed scenery






44. 'Storm and stress'






45. Rhyming






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






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






48. 100-499 people






49. Does not acknowledge the presence of an audience






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