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Theatre Appreciation 2

Subject : performing-arts
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1. Creates a visual home for the play






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






3. 'seeing place'






4. First director






5. 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






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






7. Physical commedy






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






9. Saint's plays






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






11. Body - voice - mind

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

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13. The area farthest away from the audience






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






15. Scenery






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






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






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






19. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






20. Art that pushes recognized boundaries






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






22. 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






23. 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.






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






25. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






26. Work developed actors in realism and naturalism






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






28. First director






29. Plays performed by the clergy in latin as part of the worship service in Christian monasteries and cathedrals during the Middle Ages.






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






31. Recognize plays as intellectual property of playwright






32. Was in favor of theater






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






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






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






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






37. Causal play structure. A ? B ? C






38. 'dancing space'






39. 'dancing space'






40. 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






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






42. Action - place - time






43. Planned actor movement






44. Sentences/paragraph structure






45. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






46. Who or what opposes the central character






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






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

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49. Attempts to represent reality on stage






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







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