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Theatre Basics

Subject : performing-arts
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1. Included comic scenes - dance interludes and sentimental ballads all based on white stereotypes of black life in the South






2. Have become living traditions that are handed down from father to son

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3. Would agitate the masses - attack the spectators' sensibilities and purge people of their destructive tendencies; wanted stylized - ritualized performances - not realism - which they felt restricted the theatre to the study of psychological problems






4. 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






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






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






7. All lines are sung - usually to grand classical music; Madama Butterfly (1904)






8. 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)






9. Divided into fatalist - hilarious and existentialist






10. A program of unrelated singing - dancing and comedy numbers






11. Type of Islamic theatre which is created by lighting two-dimensional figures and casting their shadows on a screen; the audience watches the silhouettes while a narrator tells a story






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






13. Estrangement; essentially the alienation effect






14. During the Enlightenment there were revolutions in: ... which had a profound effect on theatre






15. Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature (2005); The Dumb Waiter (1957)






16. 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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17. The want for more 'genuine' sets - more 'honest' acting - and dialogue to be modeled after everyday speech - influenced by ideas of CHarles Darwin - Sigmund Freud and Karl Marx






18. Where more experts agree that human beings came into existence






19. Writes the lyrics






20. An early form of theatre; it used theatrical techniques such as song - dance - and characterization - but it was still firmly rooted in religion






21. Two types of traditional Japanese theatre






22. One of the most important French philosophers of the Age of Reason - wrote and edited the first encyclopedia; was also a dramatist who penned books on the techniques of acting; authored The Paradox of Acting - a book that attached the pompous declama






23. Unstructured theatrical events on street corners - bus stops and anywhere else people gathered






24. 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






25. During the Enlightenment there were revolutions in: ... which had a profound effect on theatre






26. One of the most influential thinkers of the Enlightenment - French poet - essayist - and playwright whose writing often got him in trouble with the church; built a theatre on his own estate so he could freely present his plays






27. First part had musical numbers with little comic dialogue; second part was full of songs - dance and standup routines; third part featured a one-act play






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






30. Light opera - differs from 'grand opera' because it has a frivolous - comic theme - some spoken dialogue - a melodramatic story - and usually a little dancing; The Mikado (1885)






31. What western theatre is often called:






32. 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






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






34. A sudden - striking pose (often with their eyes crossed - chin sharply turned - and big toe pointed towards the sky) in Kabuki accompanied by several powerful beats of wooden clappers






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






36. A form of musical entertainment featuring bawdy songs - dancing women - and sometimes striptease






37. Would be removed in the box set to give audience a real life look into the scene






38. People who dismissed Traditional African Theatre because it was so unlike anything they knew






39. 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






40. Elaborate geometrical designs were used for these roles which included supernatural beings - warriors - and bandits; the color of the make-up indicated the character's personality






41. Three parts of a Noh play






42. A period of licentious gaudiness inspired by the elaborate styles that Charles II brought with him from the French Court






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






44. The time period that glorified humans' power to reason and analyze - a period of great philosophical - scientific - technological - political - and religious revolutions






45. Smaller - less expensive alternative experimental theatres; flourished in lofts - basements - coffeehouses and any found space usable






46. First black woman playwright to be producted on Broadway; Raisin in the Sun based of her actual childhood






47. 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






48. First part of a Noh Play - usually a chance meeting between two characters - introductions are made and the characters engage in a question-and-answer sequence that reveals the protagonist's concern






49. One of the most valuable historical records of Indian theatre; an encyclopedic book of dramatic theory and practice; has 37 chapters and covers every aspect of classical Indian drama - also a treatise on dramatic theory and philosophy - states that t






50. The first theatre in the world to be lit with electric lights







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