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Theatre Basics

Subject : performing-arts
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1. 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






2. Wooden clappers used in Kabuki






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






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






5. The orchestrated melodies






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






7. 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






8. 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






9. Writes the lyrics






10. Wooden clappers used in Kabuki






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






12. Three parts of a Noh play






13. Writes the book






14. The men who play female roles are called:






15. 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






16. 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






17. Earliest form for photography






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






19. 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






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






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






22. Writes the book






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






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

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






26. Most famous Restoration-era woman to make her living by writing plays






27. 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






28. 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






29. Comic interludes performed during the intermissions of opera






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






32. Only cost a nickel






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






34. The first all-black show to pay at a top Broadway theatre






35. Plays without music






36. 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






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






38. Highlights the insanity of life in a comical way






39. Six characters take on life of their own when the playwright fails to complete the play in which they were supposed to appear






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






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






42. Filled with characters who cannot resist an argument about social issues; no character is exempt from talking politics and theorizing about moral - artistic or religious reform






43. 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






44. Writes the music






45. One of the most famous Sanskrit dramas - a love story in seven acts written by the playwright Kalidasa






46. Most famous of the absurdist playwrights; best considered a fatalist - although work is sometimes hilarious and can ask existential questions; Endgame (1957) Krapp's Last Tape (1958) and Happy Days (1961); Waiting for Godot (1953)






47. 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






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

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49. 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






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