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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. Fee for each performance






2. Physical commedy






3. Greatest dramatist of all time






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






5. Standard tool for casting productions






6. Scenery






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






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






9. Body - voice - mind

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10. Usher. Shows people to seats - checks tickets






11. 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






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






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

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14. 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






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






16. Spoken words






17. When line of action suddenly switches






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






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






20. God of wine and fertility






21. 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






22. Director champions intention of playwright






23. Written by Aeschylus. Only surviving trilogy






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






25. 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






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

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27. Body - voice - mind

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28. Attempts to represent reality on stage






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






30. 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






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






32. Convincing actors were too powerful a tool of persuasion

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

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

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35. First director






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






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






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






39. Recognize plays as intellectual property of playwright






40. Oversees the entire production crew - rehearsals & performance






41. Planned actor movement






42. 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






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






44. Seats less than 100; amateur.






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






46. Causal play structure. A ? B ? C






47. Seats 100-500; professional






48. Generally rhyming






49. Action - place - time






50. Recognize plays as intellectual property of playwright