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Theatre Basics

Subject : performing-arts
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1. The first all-black show to pay at a top Broadway theatre






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






3. 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






4. 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






5. 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






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






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






8. A blend of melody and drama and refers to the background music often played during these performances






9. A popular form of stage entertainment from the 1880s to the 1940s; included a dozen or so slapstick comedy routines - song-and-dance numbers - magic acts and juggling or acrobatic performances






10. The orchestrated melodies






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

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






13. A popular form of stage entertainment from the 1880s to the 1940s; included a dozen or so slapstick comedy routines - song-and-dance numbers - magic acts and juggling or acrobatic performances






14. 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






15. 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






16. This happened for the first time during the Restoration






17. Third part of a Noh play - the protagonist appears as a new self - and the cause of torment is resolved






18. Bandits discuss rival systems of goverment while waiting for an attack






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






20. 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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21. Feature the work of a director-choreographer






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






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






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






26. Holds that human beings are naturally alone - without purpose or mission - in a universe that has no God






27. 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






28. 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






29. 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






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






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






32. A dialogue that captures the incoherence - broken language - and pauses of modern speech; usually marked by surreal distortion and impending danger; from writing of Franz Kafka






33. 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






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






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






36. Earliest form for photography






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






38. Sell over $1billion worth of tickets annually - majority of those are for musicals






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






40. Characterized by a light-hearted - fast-moving comic story - whose dialogue is interspersed with popular music; Guys and Dolls (1950)






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






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






43. Sell over $1billion worth of tickets annually - majority of those are for musicals






44. Two types of traditional Japanese theatre






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






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






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






48. 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






49. Based off the idea that before a problem can be solved - society must first understand that the problem exists; 'attack the message - not the messenger'






50. Feature the work of a director-choreographer