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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. God of wine and fertility






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






3. Push idea of reality - morality - and universality






4. Generally rhyming






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






6. Collection of mystery plays






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






8. Director champions intention of playwright






9. Work developed actors in realism and naturalism






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






11. Directors who operate with total control






12. Fee for each performance






13. Creates a visual home for the play






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






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


16. Seats less than 100; amateur.






17. 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






18. Standard tool for casting productions






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






20. Attempts to represent reality on stage






21. Work developed actors in realism and naturalism






22. Causal play structure. A ? B ? C






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






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






25. A movement of the late 19th century championing the depiction of everyday life on the stage and the frank treatment of social problems in the theatre. The plays of Henrick Ibsen of the 1870s were important in establishing a dramatic style for realism






26. Art that pushes recognized boundaries






27. Scenery






28. Art that pushes recognized boundaries






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






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






31. Convincing actors were too powerful a tool of persuasion


32. Seats 500-1800; professional.






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


34. Actor in 5th century Greece






35. 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






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






37. Seats less than 100; amateur.






38. 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






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






40. Directors who operate with total control






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






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






43. 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






44. Action - place - time






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






46. When line of action suddenly switches






47. Spoken words






48. Plays written before 1923 are no longer protected






49. Oversees the entire production crew - rehearsals & performance






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