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Theatre Appreciation 2

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Presentation style - external characteristics manipulated for desired effect - emphasis on vocal delivery






2. Action - place - time






3. In charge of communication and call cues. 'Busiest person in theater.'






4. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






5. Causal play structure. A ? B ? C






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






7. 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






8. Convincing actors were too powerful a tool of persuasion

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






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






11. 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






12. 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






13. 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






14. Attempts to represent reality on stage






15. Seats less than 100; amateur.






16. Greatest dramatist of all time






17. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






18. Generally rhyming






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






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






21. Body - voice - mind

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22. Emotional identification. Refers to audience participation






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






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






25. Spoken words






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






27. Idea/script - sets - lights - costumes - props - performers






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






29. God of wine and fertility






30. Seats 500-1800; professional.






31. 'seeing place'






32. The actual meaning of dialogue behind the spoken words






33. Fee for each performance






34. Silhouette (overall shape) - color - texture - accent






35. Author of play






36. Action - place - time






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






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






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






40. Appearance of truth






41. Emotional identification. Refers to audience participation






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






43. The area farthest away from the audience






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






45. Historical accuracy






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






47. Second round of auditions to which specific actors are invited






48. 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






49. Seats 100-500; professional






50. Actor in 5th century Greece







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