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Theatre Basics

Subject : performing-arts
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1. Two types of traditional Japanese theatre






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






3. Only cost a nickel






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






5. 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






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






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






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






9. Nigerian playwright that was executed for trying to protect the Ogoni people against encroachments of Shell oil company






10. Comedies forced Victorian society to reexamine its hypocrisies; Lady Windermere's Fan (1892) - A WOman of No Importance (1893) - An Ideal Husband (1894); advocated 'art for art's sake'; The Importance of Being Ernest






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






12. 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






13. 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






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






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






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






17. 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






18. No protagonist; deals with a family of characters who tell many stories at once; the fact that characters on stage take no action may inspire audience members to be motivated for the opposite in real life






19. 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)






20. 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






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

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






23. 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






24. Earliest form for photography






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






26. 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






27. 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






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






29. 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






30. 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






31. 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






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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






38. This happened for the first time during the Restoration






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






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






41. Holds that human beings are naturally alone - without purpose or mission - in a universe that has no God; not a negative - for without God humans can create their own existences - purpose and meaning






42. Divided into fatalist - hilarious and existentialist






43. One of the most popular Kabuki and Bunraku playwrights - who - like Shakespeare - wrote crowd-pleasing plays that combined poetry and prose in dramatic tales of comedy - tragedy - love - and war






44. Plays without music






45. 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






46. The audience remains alienated from the performance so they could critically consider the play's themes






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






48. 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






49. Most famous English actress - born into poverty - started out singing in taverns and selling oranges in theatres - became the King's mistress






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

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