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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. Usher. Shows people to seats - checks tickets






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






3. Helps establish mood - place - & intensity with the use of light






4. The actual meaning of dialogue behind the spoken words






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






6. Body - voice - mind

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






8. 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






9. Attributed to writing over 700 plays






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






11. Oversees the entire production crew - rehearsals & performance






12. Work developed actors in realism and naturalism






13. When line of action suddenly switches






14. Seats 100-500; professional






15. Sentences/paragraph structure






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






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






18. Standard tool for casting productions






19. Helps establish mood - place - & intensity with the use of light






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






21. 'dancing space'






22. Work developed actors in realism and naturalism






23. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






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






25. Collection of mystery plays






26. Usher. Shows people to seats - checks tickets






27. Director champions intention of playwright






28. Creates a visual home for the play






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






30. A flexible performance space (usually small) in which the actor/audience configuration can be easily changed for each production






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






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






33. Body - voice - mind

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34. 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






35. Fee for each performance






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






37. Causal play structure. A ? B ? C






38. Recognize plays as intellectual property of playwright






39. Historical accuracy






40. 'seeing place'






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






42. 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






43. Written by Aeschylus. Only surviving trilogy






44. Action - place - time






45. God of wine and fertility






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






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






48. Fee for each performance






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






50. Scenery