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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. Emotional identification. Refers to audience participation






2. Central character






3. Handles business aspects of show






4. 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






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

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






7. Creates a visual home for the play






8. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






9. 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






10. Recognize plays as intellectual property of playwright






11. Appearance of truth






12. Oversees artistic aspects of show






13. Passageways located underneath the seating that generally give access to the stage. (there are some in Maybee theatre






14. First director






15. Usher. Shows people to seats - checks tickets






16. 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






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






18. Causal play structure. A ? B ? C






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






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






21. Planned actor movement






22. 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.






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






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






25. Written by Aeschylus. Only surviving trilogy






26. Oversees the entire production crew - rehearsals & performance






27. Fee for each performance






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






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






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






31. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






32. Plays written before 1923 are no longer protected






33. 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






34. The area farthest away from the audience






35. Humanity's struggle with good and evil






36. 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






37. Art that pushes recognized boundaries






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

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






40. The actors recall of sights - sounds - touch - and smell from specific past events.






41. Generally rhyming






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

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43. Attributed to writing over 700 plays






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

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






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






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






48. Historical accuracy






49. 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






50. Body - voice - mind

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