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Theatre Appreciation 2

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Was in favor of theater






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






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

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






5. Scenery






6. 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






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






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






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






10. Work developed actors in realism and naturalism






11. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






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






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






14. Grecian attributed to writing the first tragedies then acting in them.






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






16. Greatest dramatist of all time






17. Scenery






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

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19. Action - place - time






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. Handles business aspects of show






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






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






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






25. Called for naturalism - claiming that plays should show a 'slice of life'






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






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






28. When line of action suddenly switches






29. Body - voice - mind

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30. Generally rhyming






31. God of wine and fertility






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






33. Seats 100-500; professional






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






35. The area farthest away from the audience






36. Sentences/paragraph structure






37. Appearance of truth






38. Actor in 5th century Greece






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






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






41. Art that pushes recognized boundaries






42. Planned actor movement






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






44. Actor in 5th century Greece






45. Written by Aeschylus. Only surviving trilogy






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






47. The actual meaning of dialogue behind the spoken words






48. Fee for each performance






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






50. Fee for each performance







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