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






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






3. Author of play






4. Body - voice - mind

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5. Recognize plays as intellectual property of playwright






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






7. Art that pushes recognized boundaries






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. Designs costumes for the show






10. Recognize plays as intellectual property of playwright






11. Seats less than 100; amateur.






12. Person in charge of artistic aspect of theater production






13. Was in favor of theater






14. Physical commedy






15. Attributed to writing over 700 plays






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






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






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






19. Push idea of reality - morality - and universality






20. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






21. Physical commedy






22. 'seeing place'






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

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






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






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






27. Body (dance - martial arts) - voice (projection - articulation - breathing) - and mind (improve - script analysis - character development)

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28. Convincing actors were too powerful a tool of persuasion

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29. Psychological separation - or a sense of detachment; the recognition that what happens on stage is not reality; literally - 'the distance of art'






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






31. Secondary line of action






32. Attempts to represent reality on stage






33. Standard tool for casting productions






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Collection of mystery plays






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






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






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






44. Art that pushes recognized boundaries






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






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






47. 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






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






49. In a proscenium theatre - spaces offstage left and right for actors - crew - and scenery not yet in the visible performance space






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

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