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






2. Who or what opposes the central character






3. Usher. Shows people to seats - checks tickets






4. Convincing actors were too powerful a tool of persuasion

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5. 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






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






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






8. Usher. Shows people to seats - checks tickets






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






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






11. Seats 100-500; professional






12. Greatest dramatist of all time






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






14. Generally rhyming






15. Creates a visual home for the play






16. Historical accuracy






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






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






19. Seats less than 100; amateur.






20. Plays written before 1923 are no longer protected






21. 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






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






23. 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






24. Work developed actors in realism and naturalism






25. Spoken words






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






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






28. Humanity's struggle with good and evil






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






30. Scenery






31. Physical commedy






32. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






33. God of wine and fertility






34. Fee for each performance






35. Emotional identification. Refers to audience participation






36. Standard tool for casting productions






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






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






39. Author of play






40. Person in charge of artistic aspect of theater production






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






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






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






44. Physical commedy






45. When line of action suddenly switches






46. Who or what opposes the central character






47. Appearance of truth






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






49. Was in favor of theater






50. 'old comedy'. Lewd humor - attacks on government