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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. Greatest dramatist of all time






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






3. Creates a visual home for the play






4. Appearance of truth






5. The actual meaning of dialogue behind the spoken words






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






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






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






9. Directors who operate with total control






10. When line of action suddenly switches






11. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






12. Central character






13. Saint's plays






14. Work developed actors in realism and naturalism






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






16. Spoken words






17. Directors who operate with total control






18. Recognize plays as intellectual property of playwright






19. 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






20. Handles business aspects of show






21. Actor in 5th century Greece






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






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






24. Author of play






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






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






27. Scenery






28. Sentences/paragraph structure






29. Saint's plays






30. Oversees artistic aspects of show






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






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


33. Planned actor movement






34. Seats 500-1800; professional.






35. Body - voice - mind


36. Push idea of reality - morality - and universality






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






38. Causal play structure. A ? B ? C






39. Greatest dramatist of all time






40. Emotional identification. Refers to audience participation






41. Convincing actors were too powerful a tool of persuasion


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






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






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






45. Standard tool for casting productions






46. Physical commedy






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






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






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


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