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






2. Seats 100-500; professional






3. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






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






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






6. The central element of causal plot; two forces working against each other






7. Sentences/paragraph structure






8. 'seeing place'






9. Physical commedy






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






11. Causal play structure. A ? B ? C






12. Action - place - time






13. Emotional identification. Refers to audience participation






14. Passageways located underneath the seating that generally give access to the stage. (there are some in Maybee theatre






15. Work developed actors in realism and naturalism






16. Collection of mystery plays






17. 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






18. 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






19. Attempts to represent reality on stage






20. Actor in 5th century Greece






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

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22. First director






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






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






25. Art that pushes recognized boundaries






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






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






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






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

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






31. Was in favor of theater






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






33. Attributed to writing over 700 plays






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






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






36. Person in charge of artistic aspect of theater production






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






38. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






39. Saint's plays






40. Physical commedy






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

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






43. Action - place - time






44. The actual meaning of dialogue behind the spoken words






45. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






46. 'seeing place'






47. Designs costumes for the show






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






49. Oversees artistic aspects of show






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