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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 completely surrounds the performance area






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






3. Greatest dramatist of all time






4. Planned actor movement






5. Push idea of reality - morality - and universality






6. God of wine and fertility






7. Handles business aspects of show






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






9. Fee for each performance






10. Planned actor movement






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






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






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






14. 'dancing space'






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






16. 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






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






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

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19. Actor in 5th century Greece






20. Directors who operate with total control






21. 'dancing space'






22. 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.






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






24. Plays written before 1923 are no longer protected






25. The actual meaning of dialogue behind the spoken words






26. Secondary line of action






27. Secondary line of action






28. Saint's plays






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






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






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






32. Central character






33. Director champions intention of playwright






34. Standard tool for casting productions






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

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






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






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






39. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






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






41. Work developed actors in realism and naturalism






42. First director






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






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

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45. Emotional identification. Refers to audience participation






46. 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






47. Causal play structure. A ? B ? C






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






49. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






50. Appearance of truth