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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. Didn't support theater. Believed a convincing actor was harmful to society






2. Presentation style - external characteristics manipulated for desired effect - emphasis on vocal delivery






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






4. Sentences/paragraph structure






5. Written by Aeschylus. Only surviving trilogy






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






7. Fee for each performance






8. Body - voice - mind

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9. Handles business aspects of show






10. Appearance of truth






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






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






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






14. Greatest dramatist of all time






15. 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






16. Actor in 5th century Greece






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






18. God of wine and fertility






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






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






21. Seats 100-500; professional






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






23. Emotional identification. Refers to audience participation






24. Causal play structure. A ? B ? C






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






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






27. Convincing actors were too powerful a tool of persuasion

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28. Attempts to represent reality on stage






29. Usher. Shows people to seats - checks tickets






30. The area farthest away from the audience






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






32. Recognize plays as intellectual property of playwright






33. Attributed to writing over 700 plays






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






35. 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






36. 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.






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






38. Generally rhyming






39. 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






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






41. Action - place - time






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

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43. Work developed actors in realism and naturalism






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






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






46. Standard tool for casting productions






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






48. Grecian attributed to writing the first tragedies then acting in them.






49. Generally rhyming






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