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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. 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. Appearance of truth






3. Director champions intention of playwright






4. Person in charge of artistic aspect of theater production






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






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






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






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

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9. First director






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






11. First director






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






13. Action - place - time






14. Usher. Shows people to seats - checks tickets






15. Causal play structure. A ? B ? C






16. Oversees artistic aspects of show






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






18. Author of play






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






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






21. Scenery






22. Art that pushes recognized boundaries






23. Handles business aspects of show






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






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






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






27. Greatest dramatist of all time






28. Appearance of truth






29. Written by Aeschylus. Only surviving trilogy






30. Emotional identification. Refers to audience participation






31. Was in favor of theater






32. Spoken words






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






34. Plays written before 1923 are no longer protected






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






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

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






38. Convincing actors were too powerful a tool of persuasion

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39. Directors who operate with total control






40. 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






41. 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






42. Attributed to writing over 700 plays






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






44. Historical accuracy






45. 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






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






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






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






49. Attempts to represent reality on stage






50. Creates a visual home for the play