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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. Handles business aspects of show






2. Secondary line of action






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






4. Purgation of pity and fear experienced upon watching theater.






5. The area farthest away from the audience






6. Scenery






7. God of wine and fertility






8. Designs costumes for the show






9. The actual meaning of dialogue behind the spoken words






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






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






12. Work developed actors in realism and naturalism






13. Purgation of pity and fear experienced upon watching theater.






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






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






16. Historical accuracy






17. 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






18. Convincing actors were too powerful a tool of persuasion


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






20. Oversees artistic aspects of show






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. Creates a visual home for the play






28. 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






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






30. Causal play structure. A ? B ? C






31. Attributed to writing over 700 plays






32. Standard tool for casting productions






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






34. Author of play






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






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






37. 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.






38. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






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






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






41. First director






42. Person in charge of artistic aspect of theater production






43. Seats less than 100; amateur.






44. Recognize plays as intellectual property of playwright






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






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






47. Invented by the Italians - a large open arch that marks the primary division between audience and performance space in a proscenium space. The proscenium arch frames the action of the play for the audience and limits the view of backstage areas






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






49. Generally rhyming






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