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






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






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






4. Director champions intention of playwright






5. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






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

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






8. Handles business aspects of show






9. 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






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






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

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12. 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.






13. Bertolt Brecht; wanted audience to think about what they were seeing rather than blindly feel. Accomplished by interrupting dramatic moments.






14. Scenery






15. 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.






16. Creates a visual home for the play






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

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






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






20. Humanity's struggle with good and evil






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






22. First director






23. Written by Aeschylus. Only surviving trilogy






24. Convincing actors were too powerful a tool of persuasion

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25. Push idea of reality - morality - and universality






26. Sentences/paragraph structure






27. Usher. Shows people to seats - checks tickets






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






29. Recognize plays as intellectual property of playwright






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






31. Usher. Shows people to seats - checks tickets






32. Designs costumes for the show






33. Spoken words






34. Planned actor movement






35. Was in favor of theater






36. Style of production that acknowledges theatricality and does not attempt to created the impression of 'real life' on the stage. Presentational scenery - costumes - and lighting may suggest - distort - or even abstract reality. Presentational acting m






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






38. Biblical stories. From word Misterium meaning crafts/guild






39. Fee for each performance






40. Work developed actors in realism and naturalism






41. 'dancing space'






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






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






44. Who or what opposes the central character






45. Designs costumes for the show






46. Creates a visual home for the play






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






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






49. Oversees artistic aspects of show






50. Fee for each performance







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