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Theatre Basics

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






2. One of the most important French philosophers of the Age of Reason - wrote and edited the first encyclopedia; was also a dramatist who penned books on the techniques of acting; authored The Paradox of Acting - a book that attached the pompous declama






3. First part had musical numbers with little comic dialogue; second part was full of songs - dance and standup routines; third part featured a one-act play






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






5. Writes the book






6. Most famous American expressionist playwright who won Nobel Prize for Literature (1936); A touch of the Poet (1935) - The Iceman Cometh (1939) - A Long Day's Journey into Night (1956) & A Moon for the Misbegotten (1952); The Hairy Ape (1952)

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

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8. Spoken lines of dialogue as well as the plot






9. Light opera - differs from 'grand opera' because it has a frivolous - comic theme - some spoken dialogue - a melodramatic story - and usually a little dancing; The Mikado (1885)






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






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






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






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






15. Feature the work of a director-choreographer






16. Spoken lines of dialogue as well as the plot






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






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






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






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






21. Composed and produced by Bob Cole - lyrics by Billy Johnson; story of a con man and used minstrel stereotypes and spoofed Chinatown; in one scene a young black man sings about he and his date were denied entry to a nightclub cuz He was black and this






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






23. 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






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






25. Book - music - and lyrics






26. 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






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






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

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29. The first all-black show to pay at a top Broadway theatre






30. Characters were not individuals but types; standard roles included scholar - lover - hero - maiden - old woman - coquette - virtuous wife - and acrobatic warrior-maiden






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






32. Smaller - less expensive alternative experimental theatres; flourished in lofts - basements - coffeehouses and any found space usable






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






34. 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






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






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






37. 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






38. 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






39. Two types of traditional Japanese theatre






40. 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






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






42. Divided into fatalist - hilarious and existentialist






43. Built in Venice in 1637






44. 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






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






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






47. What western theatre is often called:






48. Wooden clappers used in Kabuki






49. 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






50. 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