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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. Body - voice - mind

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






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






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






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






6. Sentences/paragraph structure






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






8. God of wine and fertility






9. When line of action suddenly switches






10. Plays written before 1923 are no longer protected






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






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






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

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






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






16. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






17. 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.






18. Oversees the entire production crew - rehearsals & performance






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






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

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






22. 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






23. 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






24. Person in charge of artistic aspect of theater production






25. Oversees artistic aspects of show






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






27. Physical commedy






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






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






30. In a proscenium theatre - spaces offstage left and right for actors - crew - and scenery not yet in the visible performance space






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






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






33. Was in favor of theater






34. Who or what opposes the central character






35. Emotional identification. Refers to audience participation






36. Director champions intention of playwright






37. Humanity's struggle with good and evil






38. Directors who operate with total control






39. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






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






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






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






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






44. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






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






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






47. Fee for each performance






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






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






50. The area farthest away from the audience