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Theatre Appreciation 2

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Plays written before 1923 are no longer protected






2. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






3. Causal play structure. A ? B ? C






4. 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






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






6. Handles business aspects of show






7. Oversees artistic aspects of show






8. Person in charge of artistic aspect of theater production






9. Author of play






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






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






12. Body - voice - mind

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13. Seats 100-500; professional






14. Usher. Shows people to seats - checks tickets






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






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






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






18. 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






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






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






21. Plot - character - thought - language - music - spectacle

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






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






24. The actual meaning of dialogue behind the spoken words






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






26. Was in favor of theater






27. Central character






28. Who or what opposes the central character






29. 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






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






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






32. Actor in 5th century Greece






33. Written by Aeschylus. Only surviving trilogy






34. Secondary line of action






35. Action - place - time






36. Work developed actors in realism and naturalism






37. Art that pushes recognized boundaries






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






39. Oversees the entire production crew - rehearsals & performance






40. Planned actor movement






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






42. 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






43. Plays written before 1923 are no longer protected






44. Physical commedy






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. Fee for each performance






47. 'seeing place'






48. Sentences/paragraph structure






49. Planned actor movement






50. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights