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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. Saint's plays






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






3. Planned actor movement






4. Secondary line of action






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






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






7. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






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


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






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






12. Directors who operate with total control






13. Humanity's struggle with good and evil






14. Handles business aspects of show






15. A drafting of the plan of the set as seen from overhead. A ground plan shows where any scenic pieces or set props (such as furniture) are to be placed






16. Attributed to writing over 700 plays






17. Actor in 5th century Greece






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






19. Standard tool for casting productions






20. 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






21. Spoken words






22. 'dancing space'






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






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






25. Person in charge of artistic aspect of theater production






26. The area farthest away from the audience






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






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






29. Convincing actors were too powerful a tool of persuasion


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






31. Fee for each performance






32. Body - voice - mind


33. Action - place - time






34. Person in charge of artistic aspect of theater production






35. 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






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






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


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


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






40. Standard tool for casting productions






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






42. God of wine and fertility






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






44. 'seeing place'






45. Work developed actors in realism and naturalism






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






47. Work developed actors in realism and naturalism






48. 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






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






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