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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. Fee for each performance






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






3. Push idea of reality - morality - and universality






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






5. Collection of mystery plays






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






7. Bertolt Brecht; wanted audience to think about what they were seeing rather than blindly feel. Accomplished by interrupting dramatic moments.






8. Art that pushes recognized boundaries






9. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






10. A drafting of the plan of the set as seen from overhead. A ground plan shows where any scenic pieces or set props (such as furniture) are to be placed






11. Secondary line of action






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






13. Oversees artistic aspects of show






14. Designs costumes for the show






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






16. Attributed to writing over 700 plays






17. Body - voice - mind

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18. Greatest dramatist of all time






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

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20. Fee for each performance






21. Person in charge of artistic aspect of theater production






22. The actual meaning of dialogue behind the spoken words






23. Seats less than 100; amateur.






24. Emotional identification. Refers to audience participation






25. Father of Epic theater - wanted people to think about what they were seeing - alienation effect.






26. Generally rhyming






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






28. God of wine and fertility






29. Actor in 5th century Greece






30. Standard tool for casting productions






31. Author of play






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






33. Creates a visual home for the play






34. Who or what opposes the central character






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






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






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






38. Usher. Shows people to seats - checks tickets






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






40. Standard tool for casting productions






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






42. Humanity's struggle with good and evil






43. The area farthest away from the audience






44. Oversees the entire production crew - rehearsals & performance






45. Actor in 5th century Greece






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






47. To control the environment in the theatre - influence audience's emotional involvement - and communicate information

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






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






50. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy