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Theatre Basics

Subject : performing-arts
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1. Play by Wole Soyinka; celebrates Nigerian independence but also warns against returning to Nigeria's violent past






2. 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






3. 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






4. Writes the music






5. Including operetta - developed out of intermezzi






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






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






8. Feature the work of a director-choreographer






9. 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






10. 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'






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






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






13. Musicals that feature a particular band's songs






14. 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






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






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






17. 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






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






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






21. Exposed the squalid living conditions of the urban poor and explores scandalous topics like poverty - venereal disease and prostitution; 'Sordid Realism'






22. Writes the book






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






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






25. Earliest form for photography






26. 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






27. Studied the history of class conflict






28. 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)






29. 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






30. 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






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






32. 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)






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






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






35. 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






36. Wooden clappers used in Kabuki






37. First part had musical numbers with little comic dialogue; second part was full of songs - dance and standup routines; third part featured a one-act play






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






39. An extreme form of realism; an acurate 'documentary' of everyday life - including its seamy side






40. 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






41. Nigerian playwright that was executed for trying to protect the Ogoni people against encroachments of Shell oil company






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






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






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






45. One of the most famous Sanskrit dramas - a love story in seven acts written by the playwright Kalidasa






46. Musicals that are mostly singing and have less spoken dialogue; similar to operattas - but thier tone is often much darker and more dramatic






47. 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)






48. 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






49. Goethe's most famous Romantic play






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







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