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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. 'seeing place'






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


3. Body - voice - mind


4. 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.






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






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






7. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






8. 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






9. When line of action suddenly switches






10. The stage area closest to the audience; on the raked stage of the Renaissance theatres - the stage literally sloped downward as it got closer to the audience






11. God of wine and fertility






12. Director champions intention of playwright






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






14. 'dancing space'






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






16. Was in favor of theater






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


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






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






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






21. Designs costumes for the show






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


23. Plays written before 1923 are no longer protected






24. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






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






26. Written by Aeschylus. Only surviving trilogy






27. The stage area closest to the audience; on the raked stage of the Renaissance theatres - the stage literally sloped downward as it got closer to the audience






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






29. Oversees the entire production crew - rehearsals & performance






30. Action - place - time






31. Person in charge of artistic aspect of theater production






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


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






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






35. Author of play






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


37. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






38. Art that pushes recognized boundaries






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






40. Set at an angle. Early proscenium theatres featured a raked stage: the stage was elevated much higher at the back of the stage (upstage) than closer to the stage (downstage). Modern designers sometimes build a raked stage for a particular production






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






42. Appearance of truth






43. Attempts to represent reality on stage






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






45. Sentences/paragraph structure






46. Seats 500-1800; professional.






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






48. Push idea of reality - morality - and universality






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






50. Causal play structure. A ? B ? C