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Theatre Appreciation 2

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Plot - character - thought - language - music - spectacle


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






3. 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






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






5. Planned actor movement






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






7. Physical commedy






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






9. Scenery






10. Collection of mystery plays






11. Work developed actors in realism and naturalism






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






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






14. 'dancing space'






15. 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.






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






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






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






19. Seats 100-500; professional






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






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






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






23. 'dancing space'






24. Oversees the entire production crew - rehearsals & performance






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






26. Author of play






27. When line of action suddenly switches






28. Sentences/paragraph structure






29. Generally rhyming






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






31. Director champions intention of playwright






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






33. Greatest dramatist of all time






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






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






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






37. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






38. Plays written before 1923 are no longer protected






39. Oversees the entire production crew - rehearsals & performance






40. Push idea of reality - morality - and universality






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






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






43. A movement of the late 19th century championing the depiction of everyday life on the stage and the frank treatment of social problems in the theatre. The plays of Henrick Ibsen of the 1870s were important in establishing a dramatic style for realism






44. Changeable scenery for specific plays (tragedies - comedies - pastoral tragicomedies). Appeared as early as 1508 and standardized approaches to such scenery were popularized by Sebastian Serlio. Ex: Wings - flats






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






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






47. Central character






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






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






50. Spoken words