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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. Scenery






2. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






3. Central character






4. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






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






6. Work developed actors in realism and naturalism






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






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






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






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






11. Purgation of pity and fear experienced upon watching theater.






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






13. Humanity's struggle with good and evil






14. Directors who operate with total control






15. Attempts to represent reality on stage






16. Body - voice - mind

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






18. Purgation of pity and fear experienced upon watching theater.






19. 'dancing space'






20. 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






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






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






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






24. Seats less than 100; amateur.






25. Fee for each performance






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






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






28. Action - place - time






29. Seats less than 100; amateur.






30. Written by Aeschylus. Only surviving trilogy






31. 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






32. Appearance of truth






33. Attempts to represent reality on stage






34. 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






35. Sentences/paragraph structure






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






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






38. Usher. Shows people to seats - checks tickets






39. 'seeing place'






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






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






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






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






44. Attributed to writing over 700 plays






45. 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






46. 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






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






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 the middle ages - wagons with scenery used in processional staging