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Theatre Appreciation 2

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Creates a soundtrack to support the show. It may be recorded or live






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






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






4. Appearance of truth






5. Historical accuracy






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






7. Oversees the entire production crew - rehearsals & performance






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






9. Plays written before 1923 are no longer protected






10. Causal play structure. A ? B ? C






11. Secondary line of action






12. Body - voice - mind


13. 'seeing place'






14. Work developed actors in realism and naturalism






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






16. Seats 100-500; professional






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






18. Greatest dramatist of all time






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






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






21. Sentences/paragraph structure






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






23. Plays written before 1923 are no longer protected






24. 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






25. A specialist in dramatic literature and theatre history who serves as a consultant for production






26. Person in charge of artistic aspect of theater production






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






28. Recognize plays as intellectual property of playwright






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






30. The area farthest away from the audience






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






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






33. Central character






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






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






36. Seats 100-500; professional






37. Attributed to writing over 700 plays






38. Fee for each performance






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






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






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






42. 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






43. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






44. Handles business aspects of show






45. Author of play






46. Action - place - time






47. 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






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






49. 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.






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