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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. Scenery






2. Greatest dramatist of all time






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

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






5. 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






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






7. Recognize plays as intellectual property of playwright






8. Oversees artistic aspects of show






9. Humanity's struggle with good and evil






10. Action - place - time






11. Secondary line of action






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






13. 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






14. Convincing actors were too powerful a tool of persuasion

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






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






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






18. Collection of mystery plays






19. 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






20. A chart that records items of clothing worn by each actor in each scene of the play






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






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






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






24. 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






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






26. When line of action suddenly switches






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






28. 'seeing place'






29. Spoken words






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






31. Art that pushes recognized boundaries






32. Director champions intention of playwright






33. Plays performed by the clergy in latin as part of the worship service in Christian monasteries and cathedrals during the Middle Ages.






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






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

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






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






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






39. Written by Aeschylus. Only surviving trilogy






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






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






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






43. 'seeing place'






44. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






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






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






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






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






49. 'dancing space'






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