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Theatre Appreciation 2

Subject : performing-arts
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1. Purgation of pity and fear experienced upon watching theater.






2. 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






3. Planned actor movement






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

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






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






7. Historical accuracy






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






9. Greatest dramatist of all time






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






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






12. Secondary line of action






13. Attributed to writing over 700 plays






14. Written by Aeschylus. Only surviving trilogy






15. Fee for each performance






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






17. Attempts to represent reality on stage






18. Causal play structure. A ? B ? C






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






20. Secondary line of action






21. 'seeing place'






22. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






23. Collection of mystery plays






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






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






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






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

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






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






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






31. Standard tool for casting productions






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






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






34. Seats less than 100; amateur.






35. Physical commedy






36. Seats 500-1800; professional.






37. God of wine and fertility






38. 'dancing space'






39. Directors who operate with total control






40. Who or what opposes the central character






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






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






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






44. 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






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

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

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






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






49. Plays written before 1923 are no longer protected






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







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