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






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






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






4. Action - place - time






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






6. 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.






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






8. 'dancing space'






9. Central character






10. Saint's plays






11. Plot - character - thought - language - music - spectacle

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12. 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






13. Fee for each performance






14. 'seeing place'






15. First director






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






17. Author of play






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






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






20. Push idea of reality - morality - and universality






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






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






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






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






25. Appearance of truth






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






27. The most popular form of performance in the 20th century






28. Fee for each performance






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






30. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






31. Seats 500-1800; professional.






32. Directors who operate with total control






33. Idea/script - sets - lights - costumes - props - performers






34. Scenery






35. 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






36. Designs costumes for the show






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






38. God of wine and fertility






39. Art that pushes recognized boundaries






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






41. created by Augest von Schegel - the replacement of neoclassical structure: form should be directed by subject matter - not classical precedent. Romantics were fascinated with natural forces - the unexplainable - gothic - and mystical. Romantics drama






42. When line of action suddenly switches






43. Seats 100-500; professional






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






45. Spoken words






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






47. Physical commedy






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






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






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