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Theatre Appreciation 2

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






2. Recognize plays as intellectual property of playwright






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






4. Greatest dramatist of all time






5. Pioneer of realism who challenged audiences to face their personal demons






6. First director






7. Movement based on study of ancient Greek and Roman culture






8. Work developed actors in realism and naturalism






9. Creates a soundtrack to support the show. It may be recorded or live






10. Style of production that acknowledges theatricality and does not attempt to created the impression of 'real life' on the stage. Presentational scenery - costumes - and lighting may suggest - distort - or even abstract reality. Presentational acting m






11. Handles business aspects of show






12. Theatre where Shakespeare's company of actors worked primarily






13. A flexible performance space (usually small) in which the actor/audience configuration can be easily changed for each production






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






15. Creates a visual home for the play






16. Scenery






17. Artistic decisions meant to communicate a specific interpretation of a play to the audience.






18. Attributed to writing over 700 plays






19. Planned actor movement






20. Designs costumes for the show






21. 'dancing space'






22. Convincing actors were too powerful a tool of persuasion

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23. Recognize plays as intellectual property of playwright






24. Standard tool for casting productions






25. Usher. Shows people to seats - checks tickets






26. Didn't support theater. Believed a convincing actor was harmful to society






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






28. Appearance of truth






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






30. Movement based on study of ancient Greek and Roman culture






31. 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






32. Passageways located underneath the seating that generally give access to the stage. (there are some in Maybee theatre






33. Author of play






34. Grecian attributed to writing the first tragedies then acting in them.






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

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






37. Push idea of reality - morality - and universality






38. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






39. Scenery






40. Plot - character - thought - language - music - spectacle

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41. Pioneer of realism who challenged audiences to face their personal demons






42. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






43. Creates a soundtrack to support the show. It may be recorded or live






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






45. Generally rhyming






46. Set at an angle. Early proscenium theatres featured a raked stage: the stage was elevated much higher at the back of the stage (upstage) than closer to the stage (downstage). Modern designers sometimes build a raked stage for a particular production






47. Saint's plays






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






49. Body - voice - mind

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