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Theatre Basics

Subject : performing-arts
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1. Feature the work of a director-choreographer






2. 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






3. A dialogue that captures the incoherence - broken language - and pauses of modern speech; usually marked by surreal distortion and impending danger; from writing of Franz Kafka






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






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






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






7. 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






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






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






10. 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






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






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






13. Life has no purpose and they confused and antagonized audiences by refusing to adhere to a coherent set of principles - mirroring the madness of the world






14. Holds that human beings are naturally alone - without purpose or mission - in a universe that has no God; not a negative - for without God humans can create their own existences - purpose and meaning






15. Records of this type of theatre are fragmentary - but we do know that it grew out of regional religious rituals related to Confucianism - Taoism - and Buddhism - and ritual dances performed during the Shang dynasty






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






17. 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






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






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






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






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






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






23. Only cost a nickel






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






25. 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






26. 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






27. Including operetta - developed out of intermezzi






28. Most famous of the absurdist playwrights; best considered a fatalist - although work is sometimes hilarious and can ask existential questions; Endgame (1957) Krapp's Last Tape (1958) and Happy Days (1961); Waiting for Godot (1953)






29. Earliest form for photography






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






31. The orchestrated melodies






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






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






34. Sell over $1billion worth of tickets annually - majority of those are for musicals






35. Sell over $1billion worth of tickets annually - majority of those are for musicals






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






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






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






40. 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






41. 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'






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






43. 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)






44. Estrangement; essentially the alienation effect






45. Most famous of the absurdist playwrights; best considered a fatalist - although work is sometimes hilarious and can ask existential questions; Endgame (1957) Krapp's Last Tape (1958) and Happy Days (1961); Waiting for Godot (1953)






46. This happened for the first time during the Restoration






47. A blend of melody and drama and refers to the background music often played during these performances






48. The sung words






49. Spoken lines of dialogue as well as the plot






50. 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