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

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






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






4. Work developed actors in realism and naturalism






5. Attempts to represent reality on stage






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






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






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






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






10. Appearance of truth






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

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12. 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






13. God of wine and fertility






14. The area farthest away from the audience






15. Seats 500-1800; professional.






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






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






18. Generally rhyming






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






20. Author of play






21. 'dancing space'






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






23. Greatest dramatist of all time






24. 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.






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






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

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27. Attributed to writing over 700 plays






28. The actual meaning of dialogue behind the spoken words






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






30. Sentences/paragraph structure






31. Humanity's struggle with good and evil






32. Push idea of reality - morality - and universality






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






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






35. Who or what opposes the central character






36. Usher. Shows people to seats - checks tickets






37. 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






38. Causal play structure. A ? B ? C






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






40. God of wine and fertility






41. Causal play structure. A ? B ? C






42. Seats 100-500; professional






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






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






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






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






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






48. Directors who operate with total control






49. Seats 500-1800; professional.






50. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy