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Theatre Basics

Subject : performing-arts
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1. 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)






2. 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






3. Wrote plays about the rugged lives of Irish peasants using their dialect; Riders to the Sea (1904) & The Playboy of the Western World (1907)






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






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






6. Holds that human beings are naturally alone - without purpose or mission - in a universe that has no God; not a negative - for without God humans can create their own existences - purpose and meaning






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






8. Writes the book






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






10. Includes all other forms of drama - from the ancient ritual theatre of Africa to the traditional theatre of Asia to the shadow and puppet theatre of Muslim lands






11. 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






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






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






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






15. During the Enlightenment there were revolutions in: ... which had a profound effect on theatre






16. Comic interludes performed during the intermissions of opera






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






18. Musicals with a particularly well-developed story and characters






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

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






21. 1. theatre has an actor who plays a character - theatre is artificial - and 2. theatre usually has a story with a conflict - conflict is key to all drama






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






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






24. A program of sketches - singing - dancing and songs pulled from previous sources






25. 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






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






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






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






29. Highlights the insanity of life in a comical way






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






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






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






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






35. 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






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






37. 1. theatre has an actor who plays a character - theatre is artificial - and 2. theatre usually has a story with a conflict - conflict is key to all drama






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






39. 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






40. 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






41. 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






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






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






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






45. One of the most influential thinkers of the Enlightenment - French poet - essayist - and playwright whose writing often got him in trouble with the church; built a theatre on his own estate so he could freely present his plays






46. 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






47. 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






48. Wrote plays about the rugged lives of Irish peasants using their dialect; Riders to the Sea (1904) & The Playboy of the Western World (1907)






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






50. Named new 'photographic' realism NATURALISM and his phrase 'slice of life' is quoted description of it