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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. Appearance of truth






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






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






4. Convincing actors were too powerful a tool of persuasion

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






6. Seats 100-500; professional






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






8. Creates a visual home for the play






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






10. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






11. Sentences/paragraph structure






12. Plays written before 1923 are no longer protected






13. Director champions intention of playwright






14. 'seeing place'






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






16. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






17. Was in favor of theater






18. Seats 100-500; professional






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






20. Theatre where Shakespeare's company of actors worked primarily






21. Attributed to writing over 700 plays






22. 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






23. 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






24. Planned actor movement






25. A chart that records items of clothing worn by each actor in each scene of the play






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






27. Designs costumes for the show






28. 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






29. When line of action suddenly switches






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






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






32. Grecian attributed to writing the first tragedies then acting in them.






33. Author of play






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






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






36. The actual meaning of dialogue behind the spoken words






37. Collection of mystery plays






38. Saint's plays






39. Scenery






40. Handles business aspects of show






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






42. Oversees artistic aspects of show






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






44. Person in charge of artistic aspect of theater production






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






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






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






48. Theatre where Shakespeare's company of actors worked primarily






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






50. 'dancing space'