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Theatre Appreciation 2

Subject : performing-arts
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1. In charge of communication and call cues. 'Busiest person in theater.'






2. Historical accuracy






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






4. Planned actor movement






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. Standard tool for casting productions






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






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






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






10. Designs costumes for the show






11. God of wine and fertility






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






13. Humanity's struggle with good and evil






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






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






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






17. Attributed to writing over 700 plays






18. 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






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






20. Collection of mystery plays






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






22. Emotional identification. Refers to audience participation






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






24. Push idea of reality - morality - and universality






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






26. Work developed actors in realism and naturalism






27. First director






28. Seats 500-1800; professional.






29. Usher. Shows people to seats - checks tickets






30. Saint's plays






31. Usher. Shows people to seats - checks tickets






32. Standard tool for casting productions






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






34. Greatest dramatist of all time






35. 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






36. Scenery






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






38. Seats 100-500; professional






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






40. 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






41. Spoken words






42. Art that pushes recognized boundaries






43. 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






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






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






46. Scenery






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






48. 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






49. Secondary line of action






50. Recognize plays as intellectual property of playwright







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