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Theatre Appreciation 2

Subject : performing-arts
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






2. Actor in 5th century Greece






3. Seats less than 100; amateur.






4. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






5. 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






6. When line of action suddenly switches






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






14. Appearance of truth






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






16. Causal play structure. A ? B ? C






17. Handles business aspects of show






18. First director






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






20. Emotional identification. Refers to audience participation






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






22. 'seeing place'






23. Attempts to represent reality on stage






24. Oversees artistic aspects of show






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






26. When line of action suddenly switches






27. 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






28. Historical accuracy






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






30. Creates a visual home for the play






31. Central character






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






33. Attempts to represent reality on stage






34. Standard tool for casting productions






35. 'dancing space'






36. Plays written before 1923 are no longer protected






37. Convincing actors were too powerful a tool of persuasion


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






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


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


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






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






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






44. Push idea of reality - morality - and universality






45. Attributed to writing over 700 plays






46. Sentences/paragraph structure






47. Greatest dramatist of all time






48. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






49. Actor in 5th century Greece






50. Seats less than 100; amateur.