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Theatre Appreciation 2

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Body (dance - martial arts) - voice (projection - articulation - breathing) - and mind (improve - script analysis - character development)


2. Central character






3. Creates a visual home for the play






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






5. Plays written before 1923 are no longer protected






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






7. 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






8. Physical commedy






9. Body - voice - mind


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






11. 'old comedy'. Lewd humor - attacks on government






12. Seats 100-500; professional






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






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






15. Physical commedy






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






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. Theatre where Shakespeare's company of actors worked primarily






19. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






20. Art that pushes recognized boundaries






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






22. 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






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


24. Person in charge of artistic aspect of theater production






25. The actual meaning of dialogue behind the spoken words






26. Scenery






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






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






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






30. 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






31. Historical accuracy






32. 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






33. Greatest dramatist of all time






34. Push idea of reality - morality - and universality






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






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






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






38. Action - place - time






39. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






40. Didn't support theater. Believed a convincing actor was harmful to society






41. The central element of causal plot; two forces working against each other






42. Actor in 5th century Greece






43. 'seeing place'






44. Who or what opposes the central character






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






46. Creates a visual home for the play






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






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






49. Was in favor of theater






50. The central element of causal plot; two forces working against each other