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Theatre Appreciation 2

Subject : performing-arts
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Father of Epic theater - wanted people to think about what they were seeing - alienation effect.






2. Bertolt Brecht; wanted audience to think about what they were seeing rather than blindly feel. Accomplished by interrupting dramatic moments.






3. In a proscenium theatre - spaces offstage left and right for actors - crew - and scenery not yet in the visible performance space






4. Convincing actors were too powerful a tool of persuasion

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5. The actors recall of sights - sounds - touch - and smell from specific past events.






6. Seats 500-1800; professional.






7. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






8. created by Augest von Schegel - the replacement of neoclassical structure: form should be directed by subject matter - not classical precedent. Romantics were fascinated with natural forces - the unexplainable - gothic - and mystical. Romantics drama






9. Sentences/paragraph structure






10. Controls the environment in the theatre - influence audience's emotional involvement - and communicate information (time and place).






11. A chart that records items of clothing worn by each actor in each scene of the play






12. First director






13. An actor/audience configuration in which the audience completely surrounds the performance area






14. Emotional identification. Refers to audience participation






15. In the middle ages - wagons with scenery used in processional staging






16. A specialist in dramatic literature and theatre history who serves as a consultant for production






17. A musical play that tells a story and has spoken words as well as songs






18. Psychological separation - or a sense of detachment; the recognition that what happens on stage is not reality; literally - 'the distance of art'






19. Seats 100-500; professional






20. Usher. Shows people to seats - checks tickets






21. Seats less than 100; amateur.






22. Called for naturalism - claiming that plays should show a 'slice of life'






23. Attributed to writing over 700 plays






24. Father of Epic theater - wanted people to think about what they were seeing - alienation effect.






25. In a proscenium theatre - spaces offstage left and right for actors - crew - and scenery not yet in the visible performance space






26. A movement of the late 19th century championing the depiction of everyday life on the stage and the frank treatment of social problems in the theatre. The plays of Henrick Ibsen of the 1870s were important in establishing a dramatic style for realism






27. Convincing actors were too powerful a tool of persuasion

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28. Generally rhyming






29. Psychological separation - or a sense of detachment; the recognition that what happens on stage is not reality; literally - 'the distance of art'






30. The actual meaning of dialogue behind the spoken words






31. Recognize plays as intellectual property of playwright






32. Historical accuracy






33. A drafting of the plan of the set as seen from overhead. A ground plan shows where any scenic pieces or set props (such as furniture) are to be placed






34. Presentation style - external characteristics manipulated for desired effect - emphasis on vocal delivery






35. Scenery






36. Controls the environment in the theatre - influence audience's emotional involvement - and communicate information (time and place).






37. The most popular form of performance in the 20th century






38. Bertolt Brecht; wanted audience to think about what they were seeing rather than blindly feel. Accomplished by interrupting dramatic moments.






39. A picture created by a designer to communicate with other production personnel






40. A chart that records items of clothing worn by each actor in each scene of the play






41. Saint's plays






42. : a specialist in finding actors for specific roles who assists the director in some professional productions






43. Directors who operate with total control






44. Sentences/paragraph structure






45. Work developed actors in realism and naturalism






46. God of wine and fertility






47. Humanity's struggle with good and evil






48. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






49. Standard tool for casting productions






50. To control the environment in the theatre - influence audience's emotional involvement - and communicate information

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