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Theatre Basics

Subject : performing-arts
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1. By Swedish Playwright August Strindberg; fourteen-act play that follows the disconnected logic of a dream






2. Romanian-born French playwright best categorized as a hilarious absurdist; The Bald Soprano (1949) & Rhinoceros (1959)






3. Wooden clappers used in Kabuki






4. A robust and spectacular version of Noh; named after the characters for 'song' - 'dance' - and 'skill'; created by a woman named Okuni - owner of a brothel






5. Three parts of a Noh play






6. Spoken lines of dialogue as well as the plot






7. Staged inexpensive - noncommercial productions of artistically significant plays in small - out-of-the-way theatres






8. French Enlightenment playwright; was an inventor and thinker who spent countless hours at the leading intellectual salons of France; most famous plays are The Barber of Seville - and The Marriage of Figaro - his plays reflect the attitudes of the Enl






9. Suggests we are trapped in an irrational universe where even basic communication is impossible






10. Earliest form for photography






11. Told stories about common people who felt grand emotions and suffered devastating consequences (Enlightenment)






12. Second part of a Noh play - protagonist performs a dance that expresses his or her concern






13. The sung words






14. The first modern musical; a melodrama about black magic staged in NYC in 1866






15. Musicals that are mostly singing and have less spoken dialogue; similar to operattas - but thier tone is often much darker and more dramatic






16. Most famous American expressionist playwright who won Nobel Prize for Literature (1936); A touch of the Poet (1935) - The Iceman Cometh (1939) - A Long Day's Journey into Night (1956) & A Moon for the Misbegotten (1952); The Hairy Ape (1952)

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17. A synthesis of music - dance - acting - and acrobatics; it was first performed by strolling players in markets - temples - courtyards - and the streets






18. The orchestrated melodies






19. A program of sketches - singing - dancing and songs pulled from previous sources






20. Result of western influence - a toned down version of Kabuki - told stories of everyday life - particularly those of women - women played women's parts (whereas Kabuki was all male)






21. One of the most well-known Muslim Playwrights - who uses her plays not only to express herself but also to prompt discussions about such topics as violence against women - religious fanaticism - and female sexual desire






22. Type of theatre that grew out of ritual - incorporated acting - music - storytelling - poetry - dance - costumes - and lots of masks to create a theatre that combined ritual and ceremony with drama






23. Included comic scenes - dance interludes and sentimental ballads all based on white stereotypes of black life in the South






24. Characters were not individuals but types; standard roles included scholar - lover - hero - maiden - old woman - coquette - virtuous wife - and acrobatic warrior-maiden






25. Type of Islamic theatre - religious drama of Iran which allowed for actors - both professional and amateur - and has been performed in open-air playing spaces and on some occasions in specially constructed indoor stages for hundreds of years

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26. Two types of traditional Japanese theatre






27. Exposed the squalid living conditions of the urban poor and explores scandalous topics like poverty - venereal disease and prostitution; 'Sordid Realism'






28. Characterized by a light-hearted - fast-moving comic story - whose dialogue is interspersed with popular music; Guys and Dolls (1950)






29. A true-to-life interior containing a room or rooms with the fourth wall removed so that the audience has the feeling of looking in on the characters' private lives






30. Wrote 'high comedies' which were cerebral socially relevant plays that had an intellectual scope so vast they forced audiences to reassess their values; Man and Superman (1903) & The Quintessence of Ibsenism (1891)






31. The first modern musical; a melodrama about black magic staged in NYC in 1866






32. Named new 'photographic' realism NATURALISM and his phrase 'slice of life' is quoted description of it






33. Including operetta - developed out of intermezzi






34. Russian playwright whose play The Lower Depths (1902) took look at people living in cellar of Moscow flophouse






35. A German poet - director and playwright who challenged traditional ideas about theatre; became a communist after watching policement shoot 4 unarmed civilians; The Life of Galileo (1938) - Mother Courage and her Children (1939) & The Caucasian Chalk






36. Estrangement; essentially the alienation effect






37. Improved the daguerreotype and created modern photography; was also an English physicist






38. A big production number that usually receives a torrent of applause that literally stops the show






39. Goethe's most famous Romantic play






40. Composed and produced by Bob Cole - lyrics by Billy Johnson; story of a con man and used minstrel stereotypes and spoofed Chinatown; in one scene a young black man sings about he and his date were denied entry to a nightclub cuz He was black and this






41. Musicals that feature a particular band's songs






42. Composed and produced by Bob Cole - lyrics by Billy Johnson; story of a con man and used minstrel stereotypes and spoofed Chinatown; in one scene a young black man sings about he and his date were denied entry to a nightclub cuz He was black and this






43. Sarcastic label of Scribe's plays; the sympathetic protagonist suffers at the hands of an evil antagonist in the course of intense action - suspense - and contrived play devices; ending is always happy and the loose ends are neatly tied up






44. What western theatre is often called:






45. Argued that the prime function of playwrights is to expose the social and moral evils of their time






46. Peking Opera was dramatically altered when:






47. Musicals with a particularly well-developed story and characters






48. Said that the free enterprise system is seriously flawed and is a cause of great human misery because it exploits the poor






49. Form of drama that dominated theatre in India for a thousand years; named for the ancient Indian language in which its plays are performed; combine the natural and the supernatural - the believable and unbelievable






50. Included comic scenes - dance interludes and sentimental ballads all based on white stereotypes of black life in the South







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