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Theatre Appreciation 2
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1. 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
Skene
Neoclassic unities
Romantic Theory
Off-Broadway
2. Called for naturalism - claiming that plays should show a 'slice of life'
Emile Zola
Slapstick
Rhetorical Tradition
Eugene Scribe
3. The most popular form of performance in the 20th century
Chorus
Musical Theatre
Avant-Garde
Verse
4. Attributed to writing over 700 plays
lighting designer
Designer
Eugene Scribe
Presentational
5. Saint's plays
Antagonist
Costume plot
University Wits
Miracle Plays
6. Scenery
Upstage
Skene
Components of Production
Subplot
7. Oversees artistic aspects of show
Director
Upstage
Pageants
Black box
8. The stage area closest to the audience; on the raked stage of the Renaissance theatres - the stage literally sloped downward as it got closer to the audience
Antiquarianism
Downstage
Aristotle
Catharsis
9. Handles business aspects of show
Antiquarianism
Henrik Ibsen
Producer
lighting designer
10. Physical commedy
Dialogue
Costume plot
Slapstick
Representational
11. An actor/audience configuration in which the audience completely surrounds the performance area
Components of Actor's job
Dialogue
Rendering
Arena
12. Who or what opposes the central character
Antagonist
Aristophanes
Henrik Ibsen
Eugene Scribe
13. An actor/audience configuration in which the audience completely surrounds the performance area
Realism
Arena
University Wits
Verisimilitude
14. 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
Early Church's reasons for distaining theatre
Realism
Thrust
Constantin Stanislavski
15. The actors recall of sights - sounds - touch - and smell from specific past events.
Presentational
Sense memory
Off-off-Broadway
Downstage
16. Director champions intention of playwright
Auteur
Neoclassic unities
Conflict
collaborator
17. Controls the environment in the theatre - influence audience's emotional involvement - and communicate information (time and place).
Stage Manager
Designer
Skene
Skene
18. Appearance of truth
Protagonist
Proscenium
Verisimilitude
Antagonist
19. Psychological separation - or a sense of detachment; the recognition that what happens on stage is not reality; literally - 'the distance of art'
Aesthetic Distance
Protagonist
Broadway
Mystery Plays
20. Designs costumes for the show
Duke of Saxe Meiningen
Costume Designer
Romantic Theory
Catharsis
21. Creates a soundtrack to support the show. It may be recorded or live
Antiquarianism
Liturgical Drama
sound designer
Types of professional theater
22. Named after craftsmen. Had travelling players - masked performers - physical comedy - and stock characters
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23. Planned actor movement
Dionysus
Blocking
Components of Actor's job
Protagonist
24. A picture created by a designer to communicate with other production personnel
Rendering
Aristotle's Six Elements of a Play
Linear Plot
Duke of Saxe Meiningen
25. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights
Subtext
University Wits
Catharsis
Broadway
26. The area farthest away from the audience
Realism
Costume plot
Slapstick
Upstage
27. In a proscenium theatre - spaces offstage left and right for actors - crew - and scenery not yet in the visible performance space
Wings
collaborator
Book musical
Representational
28. 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
Constantin Stanislavski
Protagonist
Proscenium
Vomitories
29. Creates a visual home for the play
Dionysus
Raked Stage
Concept
Scenic Designer
30. To control the environment in the theatre - influence audience's emotional involvement - and communicate information
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31. Spoken words
Realism
Dialogue
Pageants
Neoclassic unities
32. Collection of mystery plays
Cycles
Designer
Playwright
Avant-Garde
33. Author of play
Empathy
Miracle Plays
Playwright
Costume Designer
34. Seats less than 100; amateur.
Off-off-Broadway
Off-Broadway
Avant-Garde
Neoclassic goals defining verisimilitude
35. 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.
Sense memory
Off-Broadway
Proscenium
Chorus
36. Directors who operate with total control
Dionysus
Liturgical Drama
Auteur
Broadway
37. Central character
Thrust
Rhetorical Tradition
Protagonist
Emile Zola
38. The most popular form of performance in the 20th century
Royalty
Front of House
Musical Theatre
Neoclassic unities
39. 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
Aristotle's Six Elements of a Play
Slapstick
Dialogue
Raked Stage
40. Saint's plays
William Shakespeare
Playwright
Miracle Plays
Proscenium
41. A specialist in dramatic literature and theatre history who serves as a consultant for production
Neoclassic goals defining verisimilitude
Orchestra
Designer's job
Dramaturg
42. Fee for each performance
University Wits
Director
Aeschylus
Royalty
43. A flexible performance space (usually small) in which the actor/audience configuration can be easily changed for each production
Black box
Scenic Designer
Empathy
Dionysus
44. To control the environment in the theatre - influence audience's emotional involvement - and communicate information
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45. Bertolt Brecht; wanted audience to think about what they were seeing rather than blindly feel. Accomplished by interrupting dramatic moments.
Commedia Dell'Arte
Alienation Effect
Constantin Stanislavski
Miracle Plays
46. Greatest dramatist of all time
Wings
Designer's job
William Shakespeare
Dionysus
47. Passageways located underneath the seating that generally give access to the stage. (there are some in Maybee theatre
Skene
Commedia Dell'Arte
Vomitories
Casting Director
48. Plays written before 1923 are no longer protected
Emile Zola
Public Domain
Empathy
Duke of Saxe Meiningen
49. Plot - character - thought - language - music - spectacle
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50. Helps establish mood - place - & intensity with the use of light
lighting designer
Antagonist
Ground plan
Perspective Scenery