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Theatre Basics

Subject : performing-arts
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1. Used giant puppets and actors to enact parables denouncing the Vietnam War and materialism






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






3. 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






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






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






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






7. This happened for the first time during the Restoration






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






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






10. 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






11. Two types of traditional Japanese theatre






12. The men who play female roles are called:






13. 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






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






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






16. Grew up in poverty and put himself through medical school and set up free clinics in Russia to help the poor; The Seagull (1896) - Uncle Vanya (1899) Three Sisters (1901) & The Cherry Orchard (1904); placed on stage the lazy chaos of lives crushed by






17. '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






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. Book - music - and lyrics






20. Including operetta - developed out of intermezzi






21. 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






22. Three parts of a Noh play






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






24. Musicals that feature a particular band's songs






25. Writes the music






26. All lines are sung - usually to grand classical music; Madama Butterfly (1904)






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






28. 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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29. Writes the music






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






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






32. 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






33. Earliest form for photography






34. Islam's holy book - contains a warning about 'graven images' similar to the one in the Bible - prohibition applies to dolls - statues - portraits - and people playing a character






35. 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






36. 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






37. Feature the work of a director-choreographer






38. Highlights the insanity of life in a comical way






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






40. First black woman playwright to be producted on Broadway; Raisin in the Sun based of her actual childhood






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






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






43. What western theatre is often called:






44. 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






45. Writes the lyrics






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






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






48. The orchestrated melodies






49. Plays without music






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