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






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






3. When line of action suddenly switches






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






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






6. Scenery






7. Fee for each performance






8. Physical commedy






9. First director






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






11. Scenery






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






13. Usher. Shows people to seats - checks tickets






14. Seats less than 100; amateur.






15. Recognize plays as intellectual property of playwright






16. Was in favor of theater






17. Father of Epic theater - wanted people to think about what they were seeing - alienation effect.






18. Generally rhyming






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






20. Oversees artistic aspects of show






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






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






23. Written by Aeschylus. Only surviving trilogy






24. Seats 100-500; professional






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






26. 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






27. 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.






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






29. Author of play






30. Saint's plays






31. Action - place - time






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






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






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






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






36. Designs costumes for the show






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






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






39. Work developed actors in realism and naturalism






40. Creates a visual home for the play






41. The actual meaning of dialogue behind the spoken words






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


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


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






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






46. 'seeing place'






47. Work developed actors in realism and naturalism






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






49. Sentences/paragraph structure






50. Standard tool for casting productions