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Theatre Appreciation 2

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Push idea of reality - morality - and universality






2. First director






3. The actual meaning of dialogue behind the spoken words






4. Written by Aeschylus. Only surviving trilogy






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






6. Greatest dramatist of all time






7. Convincing actors were too powerful a tool of persuasion

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8. The actors recall of sights - sounds - touch - and smell from specific past events.






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






10. Spoken words






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






12. Seats 100-500; professional






13. 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






14. Recognize plays as intellectual property of playwright






15. Physical commedy






16. Standard tool for casting productions






17. Historical accuracy






18. Oversees the entire production crew - rehearsals & performance






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

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20. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






21. Planned actor movement






22. Work developed actors in realism and naturalism






23. Art that pushes recognized boundaries






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






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

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26. 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






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






28. Secondary line of action






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






30. Generally rhyming






31. Body - voice - mind

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32. Seats 500-1800; professional.






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






34. Emotional identification. Refers to audience participation






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






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






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

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38. Causal play structure. A ? B ? C






39. 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






40. Attempts to represent reality on stage






41. The area farthest away from the audience






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






43. Saint's plays






44. Director champions intention of playwright






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






46. Creates a visual home for the play






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






48. 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






49. created by Augest von Schegel - the replacement of neoclassical structure: form should be directed by subject matter - not classical precedent. Romantics were fascinated with natural forces - the unexplainable - gothic - and mystical. Romantics drama






50. Emotional identification. Refers to audience participation







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