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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. 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






2. Author of play






3. Sentences/paragraph structure






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






5. Body - voice - mind

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






7. Director champions intention of playwright






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






9. Collection of mystery plays






10. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






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






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






13. The area farthest away from the audience






14. Usher. Shows people to seats - checks tickets






15. Written by Aeschylus. Only surviving trilogy






16. Standard tool for casting productions






17. Central character






18. 'dancing space'






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






20. Seats less than 100; amateur.






21. Written by Aeschylus. Only surviving trilogy






22. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






23. Action - place - time






24. Causal play structure. A ? B ? C






25. Was in favor of theater






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






27. Seats 500-1800; professional.






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






29. 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






30. Planned actor movement






31. Creates a visual home for the play






32. God of wine and fertility






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






34. Handles business aspects of show






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

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






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






38. Secondary line of action






39. 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






40. Collection of mystery plays






41. Author of play






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






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

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44. 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






45. Designs costumes for the show






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






47. Plays written before 1923 are no longer protected






48. Person in charge of artistic aspect of theater production






49. 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.






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