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Theatre Appreciation 2

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Saint's plays






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

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






4. Planned actor movement






5. Saint's plays






6. Father of Epic theater - wanted people to think about what they were seeing - alienation effect.






7. Oversees artistic aspects of show






8. Actor in 5th century Greece






9. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






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






11. Oversees the entire production crew - rehearsals & performance






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






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






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






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

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






17. 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






18. The area farthest away from the audience






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






20. 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






21. Push idea of reality - morality - and universality






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






23. Greatest dramatist of all time






24. Father of Epic theater - wanted people to think about what they were seeing - alienation effect.






25. : a specialist in finding actors for specific roles who assists the director in some professional productions






26. 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






27. Fee for each performance






28. 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






29. Secondary line of action






30. Directors who operate with total control






31. Collection of mystery plays






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






33. 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






34. 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






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






36. Plays written before 1923 are no longer protected






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






38. When line of action suddenly switches






39. Seats less than 100; amateur.






40. Convincing actors were too powerful a tool of persuasion

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






42. Attempts to represent reality on stage






43. The actual meaning of dialogue behind the spoken words






44. 'seeing place'






45. Creates a visual home for the play






46. Handles business aspects of show






47. Recognize plays as intellectual property of playwright






48. Physical commedy






49. Designs costumes for the show






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

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