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






2. Plays written before 1923 are no longer protected






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






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






5. Seats 500-1800; professional.






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






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

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8. Actor in 5th century Greece






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






10. A group of performers working together vocally and physically. A chorus of approximately 12-15 singer-dancers who interacted with and responded to the actors was an important element of ancient Greek theatre.






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






12. Causal play structure. A ? B ? C






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






14. Directors who operate with total control






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






16. Who or what opposes the central character






17. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






18. Central character






19. When line of action suddenly switches






20. Directors who operate with total control






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






22. Spoken words






23. Sentences/paragraph structure






24. Seats less than 100; amateur.






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






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






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






28. 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






29. Action - place - time






30. Director champions intention of playwright






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






32. Handles business aspects of show






33. God of wine and fertility






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






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






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






37. Planned actor movement






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






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






40. Creates a visual home for the play






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






42. Written by Aeschylus. Only surviving trilogy






43. Central character






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






45. 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






46. 'seeing place'






47. Convincing actors were too powerful a tool of persuasion

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48. 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






49. Art that pushes recognized boundaries






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