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Theatre Appreciation 2

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






2. Attempts to represent reality on stage






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






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






5. 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






6. A flexible performance space (usually small) in which the actor/audience configuration can be easily changed for each production






7. Push idea of reality - morality - and universality






8. Greatest dramatist of all time






9. Oversees artistic aspects of show






10. When line of action suddenly switches






11. Seats less than 100; amateur.






12. Planned actor movement






13. Recognize plays as intellectual property of playwright






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


15. 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






16. Designs costumes for the show






17. Scenery






18. Creates a visual home for the play






19. Push idea of reality - morality - and universality






20. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






21. Fee for each performance






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






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






24. When line of action suddenly switches






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






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






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






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






29. Humanity's struggle with good and evil






30. Person in charge of artistic aspect of theater production






31. Body - voice - mind


32. Was in favor of theater






33. Generally rhyming






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






35. Secondary line of action






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






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






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






39. Central character






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






41. Director champions intention of playwright






42. Physical commedy






43. Who or what opposes the central character






44. Oversees artistic aspects of show






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






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


47. Called for naturalism - claiming that plays should show a 'slice of life'






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






49. Appearance of truth






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