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Theatre Appreciation 2

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Theatre where Shakespeare's company of actors worked primarily






2. Planned actor movement






3. 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






4. Invented by the Italians - a large open arch that marks the primary division between audience and performance space in a proscenium space. The proscenium arch frames the action of the play for the audience and limits the view of backstage areas






5. Who or what opposes the central character






6. Humanity's struggle with good and evil






7. Purgation of pity and fear experienced upon watching theater.






8. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






9. Saint's plays






10. Generally rhyming






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






12. 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






13. The stage area closest to the audience; on the raked stage of the Renaissance theatres - the stage literally sloped downward as it got closer to the audience






14. Sentences/paragraph structure






15. Oversees artistic aspects of show






16. Plays written before 1923 are no longer protected






17. Director champions intention of playwright






18. 'seeing place'






19. Secondary line of action






20. Fee for each performance






21. Central character






22. Helps establish mood - place - & intensity with the use of light






23. Art that pushes recognized boundaries






24. Standard tool for casting productions






25. A group of performers working together vocally and physically. A chorus of approximately 12-15 singer-dancers who interacted with and responded to the actors was an important element of ancient Greek theatre.






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






27. Purgation of pity and fear experienced upon watching theater.






28. Body (dance - martial arts) - voice (projection - articulation - breathing) - and mind (improve - script analysis - character development)

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






30. Biblical stories. From word Misterium meaning crafts/guild






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






32. Biblical stories. From word Misterium meaning crafts/guild






33. Emotional identification. Refers to audience participation






34. Work developed actors in realism and naturalism






35. Causal play structure. A ? B ? C






36. Work developed actors in realism and naturalism






37. Action - place - time






38. Seats 500-1800; professional.






39. Who or what opposes the central character






40. Actor in 5th century Greece






41. Causal play structure. A ? B ? C






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






43. Action - place - time






44. Creates a visual home for the play






45. Fee for each performance






46. Seats 100-500; professional






47. A movement that rejected nearly every aspect of neoclassicism - celebrated the natural world - and valued intense emotion and individuality.






48. An actor/ audience configuration in which the audience is on only one side of the performance area; all audience members face the same direction.






49. The stage area closest to the audience; on the raked stage of the Renaissance theatres - the stage literally sloped downward as it got closer to the audience






50. 'old comedy'. Lewd humor - attacks on government