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






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






3. Actor in 5th century Greece






4. Fee for each performance






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






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






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






8. 'dancing space'






9. : a specialist in finding actors for specific roles who assists the director in some professional productions






10. Central character






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


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






13. 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






14. Action - place - time






15. Directors who operate with total control






16. 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.






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






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






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






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






21. Art that pushes recognized boundaries






22. Oversees the entire production crew - rehearsals & performance






23. Scenery






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






25. Convincing actors were too powerful a tool of persuasion


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






27. Author of play






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






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






30. 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






31. Scenery






32. Standard tool for casting productions






33. The area farthest away from the audience






34. Was in favor of theater






35. Usher. Shows people to seats - checks tickets






36. Oversees artistic aspects of show






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






38. Recognize plays as intellectual property of playwright






39. The actual meaning of dialogue behind the spoken words






40. Director champions intention of playwright






41. Physical commedy






42. 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






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






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






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






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






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


48. 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






49. Standard tool for casting productions






50. 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