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






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






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

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4. When line of action suddenly switches






5. Physical commedy






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

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7. Actor in 5th century Greece






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






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

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






11. Plays written before 1923 are no longer protected






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






13. Planned actor movement






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






15. 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






16. Recognize plays as intellectual property of playwright






17. Art that pushes recognized boundaries






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






19. Art that pushes recognized boundaries






20. Scenery






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

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22. Historical accuracy






23. Humanity's struggle with good and evil






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






25. Greatest dramatist of all time






26. Collection of mystery plays






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






28. When line of action suddenly switches






29. Appearance of truth






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






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






32. Work developed actors in realism and naturalism






33. Humanity's struggle with good and evil






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






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






36. The area farthest away from the audience






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






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






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






40. Standard tool for casting productions






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






42. Director champions intention of playwright






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






44. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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