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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. Known for life-like sets that used hand-painted screens and gas-powered lighting effects to stage realistic sunrises and storm clouds; invented the DAGUERREO-TYPE - which was an early form of photography






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






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






5. What western theatre is often called:






6. Theatre was not seen as being of value to society - so plays were not an important part of:






7. In Sigmund Romberg's play the king young heir to the throne sacrifices his personal happiness for the good of the kingdom when he sorrowfully pulls himself away from his true love in order to marry a princess whom he does not love






8. 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






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






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






11. 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






12. Three parts of a Noh play






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






14. Three parts of a Noh play






15. First part of a Noh Play - usually a chance meeting between two characters - introductions are made and the characters engage in a question-and-answer sequence that reveals the protagonist's concern






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






17. Contemporary form of Sanskrit Theatre - dramatized version of the Hindu epic poems Ramayana and Mahabharata






18. 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






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






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

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21. 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






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






23. Brought Western-style theatre to Africa to dramatize Bible stories in order to win converts






24. A true-to-life interior containing a room or rooms with the fourth wall removed so that the audience has the feeling of looking in on the characters' private lives






25. Romanian-born French playwright best categorized as a hilarious absurdist; The Bald Soprano (1949) & Rhinoceros (1959)






26. 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)






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






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






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






30. Divided into fatalist - hilarious and existentialist






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






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






33. 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






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






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






36. Would agitate the masses - attack the spectators' sensibilities and purge people of their destructive tendencies; wanted stylized - ritualized performances - not realism - which they felt restricted the theatre to the study of psychological problems






37. Contemporary form of Sanskrit Theatre - dramatized version of the Hindu epic poems Ramayana and Mahabharata






38. Greatest of the Sturm und Drang playwrights; was also a critic - journalist - painter - biologist - statesman - poet - novelist - philosopher - scientist - and the manager of the Duke of Weimar's playhouse






39. Africa's greatest living playwright; born in Nigeria; plays combine symbolism - mysticism - beautiful dialogue - and they make strong political points; plays are deeply rooted in African myths - dance - and rituals but also influenced by Western dram






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






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






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






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






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






45. 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






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






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






48. 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






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






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