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Theatre Basics

Subject : performing-arts
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1. 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






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






3. Type of theatre that grew out of ritual - incorporated acting - music - storytelling - poetry - dance - costumes - and lots of masks to create a theatre that combined ritual and ceremony with drama






4. 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






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






6. 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






7. A robust and spectacular version of Noh; named after the characters for 'song' - 'dance' - and 'skill'; created by a woman named Okuni - owner of a brothel






8. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. 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






16. 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






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






18. The men who play female roles are called:






19. French philosopher often called the Father of the Romantic movement; argued that people could find happiness in a 'state of nature' and that they should learn from nature rather than the artificial and corrupted teachings of society






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






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






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

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23. 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






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






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






26. 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






27. Three parts of a Noh play






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






29. 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






30. An early form of theatre; it used theatrical techniques such as song - dance - and characterization - but it was still firmly rooted in religion






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






32. 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)






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






34. 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






35. 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






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






37. Uses rock music - the rock and roll of the 1950s (Grease) - the psychedelic rock of the 1960s (Hair) or contemporary pop and rock (Rent)






38. 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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39. 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






40. Most popular type of theatre during the Restoration; often featured great wit and wordplay and told stories about sexual gratification - bedroom escapades - and humankind's unrefined nature when it comes to sex






41. Musicals that feature a particular band's songs






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






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






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






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






46. Most famous English actress - born into poverty - started out singing in taverns and selling oranges in theatres - became the King's mistress






47. An early form of theatre; it used theatrical techniques such as song - dance - and characterization - but it was still firmly rooted in religion






48. Divided into fatalist - hilarious and existentialist






49. Based off the idea that before a problem can be solved - society must first understand that the problem exists; 'attack the message - not the messenger'






50. This happened for the first time during the Restoration