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Theatre Basics

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






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






3. 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'






4. 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)






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






6. 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






7. 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






8. 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






9. A big production number that usually receives a torrent of applause that literally stops the show






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






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






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






13. Unstructured theatrical events on street corners - bus stops and anywhere else people gathered






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






15. More serious plot and theme; West Side Story (1957)






16. 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






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






18. Form of drama that dominated theatre in India for a thousand years; named for the ancient Indian language in which its plays are performed; combine the natural and the supernatural - the believable and unbelievable






19. 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






20. Only cost a nickel






21. Including operetta - developed out of intermezzi






22. Feature the work of a director-choreographer






23. Writes the book






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






25. The men who play female roles are called:






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






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






28. Feature the work of a director-choreographer






29. The men who play female roles are called:






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






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






32. Two types of traditional Japanese theatre






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






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






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






36. 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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37. A repetition of the song - sometimes with new lyrics - sometimes with the same lyrics but with new meaning or subtext in order to make a dramatic point






38. 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






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






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






41. Divided into fatalist - hilarious and existentialist






42. Including operetta - developed out of intermezzi






43. Highlights the insanity of life in a comical way






44. 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






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






46. Argued that the prime function of playwrights is to expose the social and moral evils of their time






47. Any artist or work of art that is experimental - innovative or unconventional; some styles would be symbolism - expressionism - futurism - Dadaism - surrealism - and absurdism






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






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






50. 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)