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






2. God of wine and fertility






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






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






5. Causal play structure. A ? B ? C






6. Scenery






7. Work developed actors in realism and naturalism






8. Person in charge of artistic aspect of theater production






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






10. Work developed actors in realism and naturalism






11. 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






12. Planned actor movement






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






14. Director champions intention of playwright






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


16. Seats less than 100; amateur.






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






18. Designs costumes for the show






19. Art that pushes recognized boundaries






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






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






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


23. 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






24. Central character






25. Action - place - time






26. Scenery






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






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






29. Physical commedy






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






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






32. Usher. Shows people to seats - checks tickets






33. Oversees the entire production crew - rehearsals & performance






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






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






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






37. Spoken words






38. 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






39. Physical commedy






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






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






42. Fee for each performance






43. Historical accuracy






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






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






46. Actor in 5th century Greece






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






48. Handles business aspects of show






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






50. Recognize plays as intellectual property of playwright