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Theatre Appreciation 2

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The actors recall of sights - sounds - touch - and smell from specific past events.






2. Style of production that acknowledges theatricality and does not attempt to created the impression of 'real life' on the stage. Presentational scenery - costumes - and lighting may suggest - distort - or even abstract reality. Presentational acting m






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






4. Central character






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






6. Author of play






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






8. God of wine and fertility






9. 'dancing space'






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






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






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






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






14. Standard tool for casting productions






15. 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






16. Art that pushes recognized boundaries






17. Greatest dramatist of all time






18. Action - place - time






19. 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






20. 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






21. The area farthest away from the audience






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

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






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






25. The area farthest away from the audience






26. When line of action suddenly switches






27. 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






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






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






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






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






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

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33. Body - voice - mind

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34. First director






35. Push idea of reality - morality - and universality






36. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






37. Appearance of truth






38. Sentences/paragraph structure






39. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






40. Directors who operate with total control






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






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






43. Seats 100-500; professional






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






45. 'seeing place'






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






47. Historical accuracy






48. Author of play






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






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







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