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Theatre Basics

Subject : performing-arts
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1. Second part of a Noh play - protagonist performs a dance that expresses his or her concern






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






3. 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






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






5. Where more experts agree that human beings came into existence






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






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






8. Highlights the insanity of life in a comical way






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






10. The men who play female roles are called:






11. Big-time vaudeville who performed a series of lavish musical reviews on Broadway






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






13. '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






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






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






16. Highlights the insanity of life in a comical way






17. Including operetta - developed out of intermezzi






18. Closely tied to ritual - and it uses color - dance - song - and movements to exaggerate - stylize - and symbolically represent life






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






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






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






22. 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






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






24. The first modern musical; a melodrama about black magic staged in NYC in 1866






25. Three parts of a Noh play






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






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






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






29. The first modern musical; a melodrama about black magic staged in NYC in 1866






30. 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






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






32. 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






33. Instead of learning how to conjure real emotions - actors of Sanskrit drama studied for many years to learn representations of emotions through:






34. 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






35. Form of theatre that mixed traditional African ritual theatre and Western-style drama; encouraged African nationalism - glorified Africa's past - and advanced African customs - rituals - and culture; also dealt with serious political themes and appla






36. 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






37. Proclaimed 'God is dead...and we have killed him.'; felt taht absence of God was a tragedy - but believed human beings needed to accept the tragedy and move forward in a world that was unjust and meaningless






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






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






40. Result of western influence - a toned down version of Kabuki - told stories of everyday life - particularly those of women - women played women's parts (whereas Kabuki was all male)






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






42. Writes the book






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






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






46. Known for life-like sets that used hand-painted screens and gas-powered lighting effects to stage realistic sunrises and storm clouds; invented the DAGUERREO-TYPE - which was an early form of photography






47. 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






48. 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






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






50. Built in Venice in 1637







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