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Theatre Basics

Subject : performing-arts
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1. A program of unrelated singing - dancing and comedy numbers






2. 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






3. Type of theatre that grew out of ritual - incorporated acting - music - storytelling - poetry - dance - costumes - and lots of masks to create a theatre that combined ritual and ceremony with drama






4. '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






5. 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






6. 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






7. Comic interludes performed during the intermissions of opera






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






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






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






11. Used giant puppets and actors to enact parables denouncing the Vietnam War and materialism






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






13. 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






14. '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






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. Light opera - differs from 'grand opera' because it has a frivolous - comic theme - some spoken dialogue - a melodramatic story - and usually a little dancing; The Mikado (1885)






17. Grew out of the theatre of Thespis in Ancient Greece; passed from the Athenians to the Romans to the medieval Europeans






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






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






20. The men who play female roles are called:






21. 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






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






23. Musicals that feature a particular band's songs






24. Two types of traditional Japanese theatre






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






26. Built in Venice in 1637






27. Three parts of a Noh play






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






29. 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






30. Suggests we are trapped in an irrational universe where even basic communication is impossible






31. Type of theatre that grew out of ritual - incorporated acting - music - storytelling - poetry - dance - costumes - and lots of masks to create a theatre that combined ritual and ceremony with drama






32. The first all-black show to pay at a top Broadway theatre






33. 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






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






35. 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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36. The first 'talkie' movie; featured white actor Al Jolson in blackface performing in a minstrel show






37. 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






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

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39. One of the most well-known Muslim Playwrights - who uses her plays not only to express herself but also to prompt discussions about such topics as violence against women - religious fanaticism - and female sexual desire






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






41. 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






42. Two types of traditional Japanese theatre






43. 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






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






45. 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






46. 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






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






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






49. Writes the book






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

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