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Theatre Basics

Subject : performing-arts
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1. 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






2. 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






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






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






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






6. Comic operas that mixed popular songs of the day with spoken dialogue






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

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






9. Wrote plays about the rugged lives of Irish peasants using their dialect; Riders to the Sea (1904) & The Playboy of the Western World (1907)






10. 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






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






12. Showed middle-class characters finding happiness and true love (Enlightenment)






13. 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






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






15. 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






16. Including operetta - developed out of intermezzi






17. 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






18. No protagonist; deals with a family of characters who tell many stories at once; the fact that characters on stage take no action may inspire audience members to be motivated for the opposite in real life






19. Named new 'photographic' realism NATURALISM and his phrase 'slice of life' is quoted description of it






20. 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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21. 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)






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






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






24. Spoken lines of dialogue as well as the plot






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






26. 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






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






28. 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






29. Comic interludes performed during the intermissions of opera






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






31. A permanent - professional theatre outside NYC; founded in 1947 by Margo Jones; stage new plays alongside commercial hits and historical plays; appeal to the intellectual audiences that Hollywood seldom serves






32. Type of theatre greatly influenced by Buddhism and Shinto; originates in ritual






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






34. 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






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






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






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






38. 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






39. 'The Father of Realism'; was initially a Romantic writer and his early plays were verse dramas largely based on Norwegian history and folk literature; plays presented complex - sometimes distrubing - views of human society; A Doll's House (1879) - Gh






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






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






42. A permanent - professional theatre outside NYC; founded in 1947 by Margo Jones; stage new plays alongside commercial hits and historical plays; appeal to the intellectual audiences that Hollywood seldom serves






43. Including operetta - developed out of intermezzi






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






45. The audience remains alienated from the performance so they could critically consider the play's themes






46. Play that takes place in a mental institution - the audience sits on the stage with the actor-patients






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






48. 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






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






50. The orchestrated melodies







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