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Theatre Appreciation 2

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Convincing actors were too powerful a tool of persuasion

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2. Central character






3. 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.






4. Was in favor of theater






5. Scenery






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






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






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






9. 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






10. Causal play structure. A ? B ? C






11. First director






12. Changeable scenery for specific plays (tragedies - comedies - pastoral tragicomedies). Appeared as early as 1508 and standardized approaches to such scenery were popularized by Sebastian Serlio. Ex: Wings - flats






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






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






15. Designs costumes for the show






16. Push idea of reality - morality - and universality






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






18. Planned actor movement






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






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






21. 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






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






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






24. Generally rhyming






25. Handles business aspects of show






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






27. God of wine and fertility






28. Art that pushes recognized boundaries






29. A movement that rejected nearly every aspect of neoclassicism - celebrated the natural world - and valued intense emotion and individuality.






30. Spoken words






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






32. Secondary line of action






33. Oversees artistic aspects of show






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






35. Actor in 5th century Greece






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






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






38. Silhouette (overall shape) - color - texture - accent






39. 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






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






41. Plays written before 1923 are no longer protected






42. Usher. Shows people to seats - checks tickets






43. Actor in 5th century Greece






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






45. Work developed actors in realism and naturalism






46. First director






47. Recognize plays as intellectual property of playwright






48. Silhouette (overall shape) - color - texture - accent






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






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