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Theatre Appreciation 2

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Standard tool for casting productions






2. Director champions intention of playwright






3. Collection of mystery plays






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






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






6. Humanity's struggle with good and evil






7. 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






8. Fee for each performance






9. Oversees artistic aspects of show






10. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






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






12. Seats less than 100; amateur.






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

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14. Seats 100-500; professional






15. Seats 100-500; professional






16. A dramatic genre featuring a conflict between good and bad characters - fast paced action - a spectacular climax - and poetic justice






17. Convincing actors were too powerful a tool of persuasion

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18. Sentences/paragraph structure






19. Director champions intention of playwright






20. Author of play






21. Author of play






22. Plays written before 1923 are no longer protected






23. Action - place - time






24. Attempts to represent reality on stage






25. Emotional identification. Refers to audience participation






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. Commercial (meant to make profit). Non-profit (profits go to production of future plays. May be professional or amateur.)






28. A drafting of the plan of the set as seen from overhead. A ground plan shows where any scenic pieces or set props (such as furniture) are to be placed






29. Historical accuracy






30. Changeable scenery for specific plays (tragedies - comedies - pastoral tragicomedies). Appeared as early as 1508 and standardized approaches to such scenery were popularized by Sebastian Serlio. Ex: Wings - flats






31. 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.






32. 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.






33. Saint's plays






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






35. Attempts to represent reality on stage






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






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






38. Body - voice - mind

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






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






41. 'seeing place'






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

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






44. The central element of causal plot; two forces working against each other






45. Scenery






46. 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






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






48. Historical accuracy






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

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50. Emotional identification. Refers to audience participation