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Theatre Appreciation 2

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Controls the environment in the theatre - influence audience's emotional involvement - and communicate information (time and place).






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






3. Causal play structure. A ? B ? C






4. Seats 100-500; professional






5. God of wine and fertility






6. Saint's plays






7. 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






8. Historical accuracy






9. First director






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






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






12. Handles business aspects of show






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






14. Directors who operate with total control






15. Who or what opposes the central character






16. 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






17. Standard tool for casting productions






18. 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






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






20. 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






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






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






23. Work developed actors in realism and naturalism






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


25. The area farthest away from the audience






26. Secondary line of action






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






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






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






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


31. 'dancing space'






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






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






34. Plays written before 1923 are no longer protected






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






36. 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






37. Work developed actors in realism and naturalism






38. Attempts to represent reality on stage






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






40. Changeable scenery for specific plays (tragedies - comedies - pastoral tragicomedies). Appeared as early as 1508 and standardized approaches to such scenery were popularized by Sebastian Serlio. Ex: Wings - flats






41. 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.






42. 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.






43. Physical commedy






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






45. Usher. Shows people to seats - checks tickets






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. Attributed to writing over 700 plays






48. Usher. Shows people to seats - checks tickets






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






50. Recognize plays as intellectual property of playwright