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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. Push idea of reality - morality - and universality






2. Who or what opposes the central character






3. Handles business aspects of show






4. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






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






6. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






7. Recognize plays as intellectual property of playwright






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






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






10. Saint's plays






11. Author of play






12. Secondary line of action






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






14. 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






15. God of wine and fertility






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






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

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18. 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.






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






20. Person in charge of artistic aspect of theater production






21. Seats 100-500; professional






22. Who or what opposes the central character






23. Actor in 5th century Greece






24. Greatest dramatist of all time






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






26. Scenery






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






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






29. Art that pushes recognized boundaries






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






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

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32. Oversees artistic aspects of show






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






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






35. Standard tool for casting productions






36. 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






37. Physical commedy






38. Greatest dramatist of all time






39. A chart that records items of clothing worn by each actor in each scene of the play






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






41. 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






42. Sentences/paragraph structure






43. Person in charge of artistic aspect of theater production






44. God of wine and fertility






45. Standard tool for casting productions






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






47. Central character






48. Handles business aspects of show






49. When line of action suddenly switches






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