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Theatre Appreciation 2

Subject : performing-arts
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1. Actor in 5th century Greece






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






3. 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






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






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






6. God of wine and fertility






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






8. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






9. Planned actor movement






10. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






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






12. Seats 100-500; professional






13. Generally rhyming






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

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






16. Directors who operate with total control






17. 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






18. Seats 100-500; professional






19. When line of action suddenly switches






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






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






22. Director champions intention of playwright






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






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






25. Actor in 5th century Greece






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






27. Humanity's struggle with good and evil






28. Planned actor movement






29. Emotional identification. Refers to audience participation






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






31. Push idea of reality - morality - and universality






32. Fee for each performance






33. Historical accuracy






34. Designs costumes for the show






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

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36. Scenery






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






38. Seats 500-1800; professional.






39. A picture created by a designer to communicate with other production personnel






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






41. 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






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






43. First director






44. Greatest dramatist of all time






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






46. Designs costumes for the show






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






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

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






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







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