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Theatre Basics

Subject : performing-arts
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1. Wooden clappers used in Kabuki






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. Including operetta - developed out of intermezzi






4. More serious plot and theme; West Side Story (1957)






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






6. Developed from the dance-prayers of Buddhist priests; has five possible subjects: the deities - the deeds of heroic samurai - women - insanity - and famous legends






7. Uses rock music - the rock and roll of the 1950s (Grease) - the psychedelic rock of the 1960s (Hair) or contemporary pop and rock (Rent)






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






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






10. Records of this type of theatre are fragmentary - but we do know that it grew out of regional religious rituals related to Confucianism - Taoism - and Buddhism - and ritual dances performed during the Shang dynasty






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






12. Elmer Rice; about a man named Mr. Zero Who is fired from his job and replaced by an adding machine






13. By Swedish Playwright August Strindberg; fourteen-act play that follows the disconnected logic of a dream






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






15. More serious plot and theme; West Side Story (1957)






16. Most popular type of theatre during the Restoration; often featured great wit and wordplay and told stories about sexual gratification - bedroom escapades - and humankind's unrefined nature when it comes to sex






17. An extreme form of realism; an acurate 'documentary' of everyday life - including its seamy side






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






19. Greatest of the Sturm und Drang playwrights; was also a critic - journalist - painter - biologist - statesman - poet - novelist - philosopher - scientist - and the manager of the Duke of Weimar's playhouse






20. 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






21. 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






22. Play by Wole Soyinka; celebrates Nigerian independence but also warns against returning to Nigeria's violent past






23. French philosopher and playwright; The Flies (1943) & No Exit (1944)






24. Estrangement; essentially the alienation effect






25. Kabuki borrowed many of these movements to make Kabuki acting highly stylized and almost puppet-like






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






27. French philosopher often called the Father of the Romantic movement; argued that people could find happiness in a 'state of nature' and that they should learn from nature rather than the artificial and corrupted teachings of society






28. Two types of traditional Japanese theatre






29. The sung words






30. The German equivalent to Diderot; was a playwright - critic - and Enlightenment philosopher Who wrote tragedies and comedies about the middle-class; his greatest play was Nathan the Wise






31. Writes the music






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






33. Showed middle-class characters finding happiness and true love (Enlightenment)






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






35. Plays without music






36. Showed middle-class characters finding happiness and true love (Enlightenment)






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






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






39. Elmer Rice; about a man named Mr. Zero Who is fired from his job and replaced by an adding machine






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






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






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






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






44. Attacked the evils and restrictions of society; tried to reveal the higher reality of the unconscious mind with fantastic imagery and contradictory images; performances were often violent and cruel as they tried to shock the audience into the realiza






45. French director who stage play The Butchers (1888) with real sides of beef infested with maggots






46. Highlights the insanity of life in a comical way






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






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

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49. Writes the lyrics






50. Book - music - and lyrics