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






3. Historical accuracy






4. 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






5. When line of action suddenly switches






6. 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






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






8. Was in favor of theater






9. Silhouette (overall shape) - color - texture - accent






10. 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






11. Oversees the entire production crew - rehearsals & performance






12. Sentences/paragraph structure






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






14. 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






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






16. Seats 500-1800; professional.






17. Greatest dramatist of all time






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






19. Movement based on study of ancient Greek and Roman culture






20. First director






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






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






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. 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.






25. 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






26. Historical accuracy






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






28. Humanity's struggle with good and evil






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






30. Scenery






31. Handles business aspects of show






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






33. Central character






34. Plays written before 1923 are no longer protected






35. Action - place - time






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

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37. Work developed actors in realism and naturalism






38. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






39. Seats 100-500; professional






40. Recognize plays as intellectual property of playwright






41. Generally rhyming






42. Attempts to represent reality on stage






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






44. Actor in 5th century Greece






45. Seats 500-1800; professional.






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






47. 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.






48. Silhouette (overall shape) - color - texture - accent






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

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50. Work developed actors in realism and naturalism