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Theatre Appreciation 2

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






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






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






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






5. Idea/script - sets - lights - costumes - props - performers






6. 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






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






8. Written by Aeschylus. Only surviving trilogy






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






10. Seats 100-500; professional






11. Creates a visual home for the play






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






13. God of wine and fertility






14. 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.






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






16. Saint's plays






17. Scenery






18. Presentation style - external characteristics manipulated for desired effect - emphasis on vocal delivery






19. Presentation style - external characteristics manipulated for desired effect - emphasis on vocal delivery






20. Theatre where Shakespeare's company of actors worked primarily






21. 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






22. Appearance of truth






23. Physical commedy






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






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






26. Plays written before 1923 are no longer protected






27. Emotional identification. Refers to audience participation






28. Scenery






29. Theatre where Shakespeare's company of actors worked primarily






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






31. Causal play structure. A ? B ? C






32. Author of play






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






34. The actual meaning of dialogue behind the spoken words






35. Fee for each performance






36. Generally rhyming






37. The actual meaning of dialogue behind the spoken words






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






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






40. Body - voice - mind

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41. Greatest dramatist of all time






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






43. Sentences/paragraph structure






44. Attempts to represent reality on stage






45. A dramatic genre featuring a conflict between good and bad characters - fast paced action - a spectacular climax - and poetic justice






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

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47. When line of action suddenly switches






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






49. Was in favor of theater






50. Standard tool for casting productions