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Theatre Appreciation 2

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






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






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






4. Planned actor movement






5. Was in favor of theater






6. Causal play structure. A ? B ? C






7. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






8. Director champions intention of playwright






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






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






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

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12. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






13. Appearance of truth






14. Usher. Shows people to seats - checks tickets






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






16. Work developed actors in realism and naturalism






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






18. The actual meaning of dialogue behind the spoken words






19. 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






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






21. Actor in 5th century Greece






22. Handles business aspects of show






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






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






25. Fee for each performance






26. Sentences/paragraph structure






27. Written by Aeschylus. Only surviving trilogy






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






29. Secondary line of action






30. Push idea of reality - morality - and universality






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






32. 'dancing space'






33. Recognize plays as intellectual property of playwright






34. Author of play






35. 'dancing space'






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






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






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






39. 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






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






41. Written by Aeschylus. Only surviving trilogy






42. Recognize plays as intellectual property of playwright






43. When line of action suddenly switches






44. Standard tool for casting productions






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






46. The area farthest away from the audience






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






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






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






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