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Theatre Basics

Subject : performing-arts
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1. Estrangement; essentially the alienation effect






2. Writes the book






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






4. 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






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






6. 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






7. Plays without music






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






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






10. Life has no purpose and they confused and antagonized audiences by refusing to adhere to a coherent set of principles - mirroring the madness of the world






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






12. 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)






13. The sung words






14. 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






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






16. Divided into fatalist - hilarious and existentialist






17. 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






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






19. 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






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






21. 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






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






23. Developed from the dance-prayers of Buddhist priests; has five possible subjects: the deities - the deeds of heroic samurai - women - insanity - and famous legends






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






25. 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






26. Attacked the evils and restrictions of society; tried to reveal the higher reality of the unconscious mind with fantastic imagery and contradictory images; performances were often violent and cruel as they tried to shock the audience into the realiza






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






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






29. 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






30. This happened for the first time during the Restoration






31. The artist imposes his own internal state onto the outside world itself; expressionism is a subjective account of an objective perception; expressionist plays use deliberate set distortion






32. Wrote 'high comedies' which were cerebral socially relevant plays that had an intellectual scope so vast they forced audiences to reassess their values; Man and Superman (1903) & The Quintessence of Ibsenism (1891)






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






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






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






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






37. Life has no purpose and they confused and antagonized audiences by refusing to adhere to a coherent set of principles - mirroring the madness of the world






38. The realism of the play is expressed through lyrical language






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






40. Writes the music






41. Most famous surrealist and was a French writer and director; studied Asian religions - mysticism - and ancient cultures; declared theatre should should wake the nerves and heart; argued that proscenium arch theatres create a barrier between the audie






42. Two types of traditional Japanese theatre






43. 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






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






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






46. 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






47. Built in Venice in 1637






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

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






50. Staged inexpensive - noncommercial productions of artistically significant plays in small - out-of-the-way theatres