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Theatre Appreciation 2

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. In the middle ages - wagons with scenery used in processional staging






2. Fee for each performance






3. Designs costumes for the show






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






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






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






7. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






8. Handles business aspects of show






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






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






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






12. Fee for each performance






13. Standard tool for casting productions






14. The actual meaning of dialogue behind the spoken words






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






16. Written by Aeschylus. Only surviving trilogy






17. Designs costumes for the show






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






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

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






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






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






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






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






25. When line of action suddenly switches






26. Humanity's struggle with good and evil






27. When line of action suddenly switches






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






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






30. Sentences/paragraph structure






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






32. Attributed to writing over 700 plays






33. Directors who operate with total control






34. Secondary line of action






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






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






37. Plays written before 1923 are no longer protected






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






39. 'dancing space'






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






41. 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.






42. 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.






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






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






45. Plays written before 1923 are no longer protected






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






47. Action - place - time






48. Person in charge of artistic aspect of theater production






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

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50. Directors who operate with total control