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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Push idea of reality - morality - and universality






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






3. The actual meaning of dialogue behind the spoken words






4. 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






5. Appearance of truth






6. Person in charge of artistic aspect of theater production






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






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

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9. Artistic decisions meant to communicate a specific interpretation of a play to the audience.






10. Spoken words






11. Greatest dramatist of all time






12. The area farthest away from the audience






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






14. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






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






16. Attempts to represent reality on stage






17. 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






18. Causal play structure. A ? B ? C






19. Silhouette (overall shape) - color - texture - accent






20. 'dancing space'






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






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






23. When line of action suddenly switches






24. Central character






25. Was in favor of theater






26. Secondary line of action






27. Directors who operate with total control






28. Who or what opposes the central character






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

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






31. Work developed actors in realism and naturalism






32. Greatest dramatist of all time






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






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






35. 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






36. Pioneer of realism who challenged audiences to face their personal demons






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






38. The actual meaning of dialogue behind the spoken words






39. Humanity's struggle with good and evil






40. 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






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






42. Convincing actors were too powerful a tool of persuasion

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43. Second round of auditions to which specific actors are invited






44. God of wine and fertility






45. Humanity's struggle with good and evil






46. 'seeing place'






47. Convincing actors were too powerful a tool of persuasion

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






49. Directors who operate with total control






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