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Theatre Basics

Subject : performing-arts
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1. 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






2. The sung words






3. Estrangement; essentially the alienation effect






4. Highlights the insanity of life in a comical way






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






7. Musicals that feature a particular band's songs






8. A synthesis of music - dance - acting - and acrobatics; it was first performed by strolling players in markets - temples - courtyards - and the streets






9. 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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10. Plays about the issues of the day that were in Manhattan neighborhoods






11. 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






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






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






14. 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






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






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






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






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






19. 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






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






21. Writers who felt science was not adequate to describe the full range of human experience - and their writings stressed instinct - intuition - and feeling






22. 'The Father of Realism'; was initially a Romantic writer and his early plays were verse dramas largely based on Norwegian history and folk literature; plays presented complex - sometimes distrubing - views of human society; A Doll's House (1879) - Gh






23. History plays about major political events of the past - domestic plays about the loves and lives of merchants and townspeople - and dance-dramas about the world of spirits and animals






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






25. Including operetta - developed out of intermezzi






26. 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






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






28. Brought Western-style theatre to Africa to dramatize Bible stories in order to win converts






29. Earliest form for photography






30. Plays without music






31. Spoken lines of dialogue as well as the plot






32. 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






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






34. First female theatre manager in London; was also an actor and singer; managed first theatre to have a box set; Olympic Theatre in London






35. 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






36. Book - music - and lyrics






37. A medley of the show's songs played as a preview; usually the beginning of a traditional musical; lets the audience know that it's time to stop talking because the performance is about to begin






38. Writers who felt science was not adequate to describe the full range of human experience - and their writings stressed instinct - intuition - and feeling






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






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






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






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






43. 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






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






45. 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






46. Built in Venice in 1637






47. 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)






48. 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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49. Divided into fatalist - hilarious and existentialist






50. The orchestrated melodies