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Theatre Appreciation 2

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Artistic decisions meant to communicate a specific interpretation of a play to the audience.






2. Spoken words






3. Body - voice - mind

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






5. Written by Aeschylus. Only surviving trilogy






6. Oversees artistic aspects of show






7. Directors who operate with total control






8. Fee for each performance






9. Physical commedy






10. Scenery






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






12. Convincing actors were too powerful a tool of persuasion

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






14. Oversees the entire production crew - rehearsals & performance






15. Attributed to writing over 700 plays






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






17. Saint's plays






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






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






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






21. 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






22. Director champions intention of playwright






23. First director






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






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






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






27. Push idea of reality - morality - and universality






28. The actual meaning of dialogue behind the spoken words






29. Work developed actors in realism and naturalism






30. Author of play






31. Written by Aeschylus. Only surviving trilogy






32. 'dancing space'






33. Sentences/paragraph structure






34. 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






35. Was in favor of theater






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






37. Attempts to represent reality on stage






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






39. 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






40. Fee for each performance






41. Art that pushes recognized boundaries






42. Greatest dramatist of all time






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






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






45. Recognize plays as intellectual property of playwright






46. Biblical stories. From word Misterium meaning crafts/guild






47. 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






48. Attempts to represent reality on stage






49. 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






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