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Theatre Basics

Subject : performing-arts
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1. The time period that glorified humans' power to reason and analyze - a period of great philosophical - scientific - technological - political - and religious revolutions






2. Most famous surrealist and was a French writer and director; studied Asian religions - mysticism - and ancient cultures; declared theatre should should wake the nerves and heart; argued that proscenium arch theatres create a barrier between the audie






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






4. In Sigmund Romberg's play the king young heir to the throne sacrifices his personal happiness for the good of the kingdom when he sorrowfully pulls himself away from his true love in order to marry a princess whom he does not love






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






6. A repetition of the song - sometimes with new lyrics - sometimes with the same lyrics but with new meaning or subtext in order to make a dramatic point






7. Founded in 1946 by Julian Beck and Judith Malina; dedicated itself to contemporary social issues and highly political - easthetically radical plays






8. Studied the history of class conflict






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






10. French physicist - mathematician - and philosopher - expressed the essence of Romanticism






11. 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)






12. Type of theatre greatly influenced by Buddhism and Shinto; originates in ritual






13. Play that takes place in a mental institution - the audience sits on the stage with the actor-patients






14. No spoken dialogue - entirely sung; comes from the Latin word 'work' and may have originally meant 'works in music' or 'musical works for the stage'; first operas were in Italy in late 1500s






15. 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






16. Comic interludes performed during the intermissions of opera






17. Peking Opera was dramatically altered when:






18. Wrote plays about the rugged lives of Irish peasants using their dialect; Riders to the Sea (1904) & The Playboy of the Western World (1907)






19. Term used to describe performances that mix theatre - visual arts - music - dance - gesture and rituals; often use multimedia effects - sounds and lighting effects to make a point and allow the audience to understand its deeper implications; often re






20. Only cost a nickel






21. A production of British actor Charles Kean; had realistic costumes - set and props that he had researched to make sure they were historically correct

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22. A permanent - professional theatre outside NYC; founded in 1947 by Margo Jones; stage new plays alongside commercial hits and historical plays; appeal to the intellectual audiences that Hollywood seldom serves






23. Contemporary form of Sanskrit Theatre - dramatized version of the Hindu epic poems Ramayana and Mahabharata






24. The realism of the play is expressed through lyrical language






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






26. A medley of the show's songs played as a preview; usually the beginning of a traditional musical; lets the audience know that it's time to stop talking because the performance is about to begin






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






28. Comic interludes performed during the intermissions of opera






29. Theatre was not seen as being of value to society - so plays were not an important part of:






30. Recorded conversations of slum dwellers in Dublin and used their words verbatim in his plays

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31. 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






32. The first 'talkie' movie; featured white actor Al Jolson in blackface performing in a minstrel show






33. Proclaimed 'God is dead...and we have killed him.'; felt taht absence of God was a tragedy - but believed human beings needed to accept the tragedy and move forward in a world that was unjust and meaningless






34. Play that takes place in a mental institution - the audience sits on the stage with the actor-patients






35. 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






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






37. Wrote plays about the rugged lives of Irish peasants using their dialect; Riders to the Sea (1904) & The Playboy of the Western World (1907)






38. No spoken dialogue - entirely sung; comes from the Latin word 'work' and may have originally meant 'works in music' or 'musical works for the stage'; first operas were in Italy in late 1500s






39. Writes the music






40. Earliest form for photography






41. Sigmund Freud's book which analyzes the character of Oedipus and Hamlet






42. Comic operas that mixed popular songs of the day with spoken dialogue






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






44. History plays about major political events of the past - domestic plays about the loves and lives of merchants and townspeople - and dance-dramas about the world of spirits and animals






45. Used giant puppets and actors to enact parables denouncing the Vietnam War and materialism






46. Set out to break all the neoclassical rules - attacked the three unities






47. Thought that inner truths could be hinted at only through symbols; sought to replace the specific and concrete with the suggestive and metaphorical; usually had little plot or action and tended to baffle the audience






48. Contemporary form of Sanskrit Theatre - dramatized version of the Hindu epic poems Ramayana and Mahabharata






49. Studied the history of class conflict






50. Two types of traditional Japanese theatre







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