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Theatre Appreciation 2

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






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






3. Planned actor movement






4. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






5. Work developed actors in realism and naturalism






6. Saint's plays






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






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






9. Person in charge of artistic aspect of theater production






10. Handles business aspects of show






11. Central character






12. 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






13. Written by Aeschylus. Only surviving trilogy






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






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






16. Saint's plays






17. When line of action suddenly switches






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






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






20. Action - place - time






21. An actor/audience configuration in which the audience is on 3 sides of the performance area. (maybe theatre)






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






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






24. Causal play structure. A ? B ? C






25. In a proscenium theatre - spaces offstage left and right for actors - crew - and scenery not yet in the visible performance space






26. 'seeing place'






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






28. Attempts to represent reality on stage






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






30. Directors who operate with total control






31. Author of play






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






33. Appearance of truth






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






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. Humanity's struggle with good and evil






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

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38. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






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. Spoken words






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






42. Greatest dramatist of all time






43. Fee for each performance






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






45. Was in favor of theater






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






47. Scenery






48. Humanity's struggle with good and evil






49. Secondary line of action






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