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Theatre Basics

Subject : performing-arts
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1. 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






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






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






4. 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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5. Book - music - and lyrics






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






7. Wooden clappers used in Kabuki






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






9. Type of Islamic theatre - religious drama of Iran which allowed for actors - both professional and amateur - and has been performed in open-air playing spaces and on some occasions in specially constructed indoor stages for hundreds of years

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10. 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






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

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12. 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






13. 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






14. 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






15. 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






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






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






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






20. Islam's holy book - contains a warning about 'graven images' similar to the one in the Bible - prohibition applies to dolls - statues - portraits - and people playing a character






21. 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






22. A period of licentious gaudiness inspired by the elaborate styles that Charles II brought with him from the French Court






23. 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






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






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






26. 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






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






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. 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






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






31. 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






32. 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






33. Studied the history of class conflict






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






35. Musicals that feature a particular band's songs






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






37. This happened for the first time during the Restoration






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






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






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

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






42. The orchestrated melodies






43. Founded in 1946 by Julian Beck and Judith Malina; dedicated itself to contemporary social issues and highly political - easthetically radical plays






44. Writes the lyrics






45. 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






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






47. 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






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






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






50. 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