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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. Push idea of reality - morality - and universality






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






3. Central character






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






5. Fee for each performance






6. Emotional identification. Refers to audience participation






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






8. 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






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






10. The actual meaning of dialogue behind the spoken words






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






12. Recognize plays as intellectual property of playwright






13. 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






14. Recognize plays as intellectual property of playwright






15. Generally rhyming






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






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






18. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






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






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






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






22. 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






23. Handles business aspects of show






24. 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






25. Attempts to represent reality on stage






26. Person in charge of artistic aspect of theater production






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

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28. Was in favor of theater






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






30. Creates a visual home for the play






31. Idea/script - sets - lights - costumes - props - performers






32. Secondary line of action






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






34. Push idea of reality - morality - and universality






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






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






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






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






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






40. Oversees the entire production crew - rehearsals & performance






41. The area farthest away from the audience






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

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






44. Physical commedy






45. Seats 500-1800; professional.






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






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






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






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






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