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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. Director champions intention of playwright






2. Author of play






3. Recognize plays as intellectual property of playwright






4. Was in favor of theater






5. Commercial (meant to make profit). Non-profit (profits go to production of future plays. May be professional or amateur.)






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






7. 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






8. Sentences/paragraph structure






9. Causal play structure. A ? B ? C






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

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11. 'seeing place'






12. Standard tool for casting productions






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






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






15. An actor/audience configuration in which the audience is on 3 sides of the performance area. (maybe theatre)






16. Historical accuracy






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






18. Seats 100-500; professional






19. Physical commedy






20. Was in favor of theater






21. 'dancing space'






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






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






24. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






25. Push idea of reality - morality - and universality






26. Central character






27. Named after craftsmen. Had travelling players - masked performers - physical comedy - and stock characters

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28. Secondary line of action






29. The actual meaning of dialogue behind the spoken words






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






31. The area farthest away from the audience






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






33. 'seeing place'






34. Attributed to writing over 700 plays






35. The area farthest away from the audience






36. Plays written before 1923 are no longer protected






37. Handles business aspects of show






38. An actor/audience configuration in which the audience is on 3 sides of the performance area. (maybe theatre)






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






40. Changeable scenery for specific plays (tragedies - comedies - pastoral tragicomedies). Appeared as early as 1508 and standardized approaches to such scenery were popularized by Sebastian Serlio. Ex: Wings - flats






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






42. Physical commedy






43. When line of action suddenly switches






44. Greatest dramatist of all time






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






46. Work developed actors in realism and naturalism






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






48. A dramatic genre featuring a conflict between good and bad characters - fast paced action - a spectacular climax - and poetic justice






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






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