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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. Recognize plays as intellectual property of playwright






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






3. Directors who operate with total control






4. Attributed to writing over 700 plays






5. Fee for each performance






6. Appearance of truth






7. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






8. Attempts to represent reality on stage






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






10. Standard tool for casting productions






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






12. Seats less than 100; amateur.






13. Designs costumes for the show






14. Collection of mystery plays






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






16. Central character






17. Action - place - time






18. Designs costumes for the show






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






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






21. Creates a visual home for the play






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






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






24. An actor/audience configuration in which the audience completely surrounds the performance area






25. Humanity's struggle with good and evil






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






27. Secondary line of action






28. Author of play






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






30. Fee for each performance






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






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






33. Directors who operate with total control






34. Historical accuracy






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






36. Greatest dramatist of all time






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






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

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39. When line of action suddenly switches






40. Controls the environment in the theatre - influence audience's emotional involvement - and communicate information (time and place).






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

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42. God of wine and fertility






43. Scenery






44. Push idea of reality - morality - and universality






45. 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






46. Creates a soundtrack to support the show. It may be recorded or live






47. Planned actor movement






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






49. 'dancing space'






50. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights