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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Author of play






2. Who or what opposes the central character






3. 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






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






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






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






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






8. Body - voice - mind

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






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






11. Actor in 5th century Greece






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






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






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

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15. Bertolt Brecht; wanted audience to think about what they were seeing rather than blindly feel. Accomplished by interrupting dramatic moments.






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






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






18. 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






19. Sentences/paragraph structure






20. First director






21. Generally rhyming






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






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






24. 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






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






26. Greatest dramatist of all time






27. 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






28. Pioneer of realism who challenged audiences to face their personal demons






29. Emotional identification. Refers to audience participation






30. 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






31. Convincing actors were too powerful a tool of persuasion

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32. Emotional identification. Refers to audience participation






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






34. Sentences/paragraph structure






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






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






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






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






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






40. 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






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






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






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

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44. Written by Aeschylus. Only surviving trilogy






45. Person in charge of artistic aspect of theater production






46. Seats 500-1800; professional.






47. Fee for each performance






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

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






50. Director champions intention of playwright