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






2. Written by Aeschylus. Only surviving trilogy






3. Greatest dramatist of all time






4. Central character






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






6. Oversees the entire production crew - rehearsals & performance






7. Generally rhyming






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






9. Seats 500-1800; professional.






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






11. Designs costumes for the show






12. Seats less than 100; amateur.






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






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






15. Standard tool for casting productions






16. Sentences/paragraph structure






17. Handles business aspects of show






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






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






20. 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






21. Person in charge of artistic aspect of theater production






22. When line of action suddenly switches






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






24. 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






25. Emotional identification. Refers to audience participation






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






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

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






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






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






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






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






34. Who or what opposes the central character






35. Appearance of truth






36. 'dancing space'






37. 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






38. Appearance of truth






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. Seats 500-1800; professional.






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






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






43. Work developed actors in realism and naturalism






44. 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






45. Body - voice - mind

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46. Humanity's struggle with good and evil






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






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

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49. Actor in 5th century Greece






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