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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. Actor in 5th century Greece






2. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






3. Body - voice - mind

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






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






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






7. Movement based on study of ancient Greek and Roman culture






8. Body - voice - mind

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






10. The area farthest away from the audience






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






12. First director






13. Fee for each performance






14. Appearance of truth






15. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






16. Directors who operate with total control






17. Handles business aspects of show






18. The area farthest away from the audience






19. 'seeing place'






20. Standard tool for casting productions






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






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






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






24. Standard tool for casting productions






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






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






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






28. Recognize plays as intellectual property of playwright






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






30. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






31. Work developed actors in realism and naturalism






32. Attempts to represent reality on stage






33. Attributed to writing over 700 plays






34. Humanity's struggle with good and evil






35. Oversees the entire production crew - rehearsals & performance






36. Spoken words






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






38. Greatest dramatist of all time






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






40. Collection of mystery plays






41. Seats 100-500; professional






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






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






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






45. Secondary line of action






46. Creates a visual home for the play






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






48. 'dancing space'






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






50. Spoken words