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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. Handles business aspects of show






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






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






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






5. Seats 500-1800; professional.






6. Secondary line of action






7. Usher. Shows people to seats - checks tickets






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






9. 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






10. Generally rhyming






11. Written by Aeschylus. Only surviving trilogy






12. The actual meaning of dialogue behind the spoken words






13. Recognize plays as intellectual property of playwright






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






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






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






17. 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






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






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






20. Appearance of truth






21. Person in charge of artistic aspect of theater production






22. Seats 500-1800; professional.






23. 'dancing space'






24. 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






25. Sentences/paragraph structure






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

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27. Sentences/paragraph structure






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

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

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30. Action - place - time






31. : a specialist in finding actors for specific roles who assists the director in some professional productions






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






33. 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






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

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35. Author of play






36. Saint's plays






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

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38. Recognize plays as intellectual property of playwright






39. Author of play






40. Planned actor movement






41. Scenery






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

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43. Convincing actors were too powerful a tool of persuasion

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






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






46. Historical accuracy






47. Attributed to writing over 700 plays






48. 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






49. : a specialist in finding actors for specific roles who assists the director in some professional productions






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