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Theatre Basics

Subject : performing-arts
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1. The first 'talkie' movie; featured white actor Al Jolson in blackface performing in a minstrel show






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. Goethe's most famous Romantic play






4. 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






5. 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






6. 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






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






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

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






10. The orchestrated melodies






11. 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






12. By Swedish Playwright August Strindberg; fourteen-act play that follows the disconnected logic of a dream






13. 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






14. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. Told stories about common people who felt grand emotions and suffered devastating consequences (Enlightenment)






24. 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






25. 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






26. The men who play female roles are called:






27. Big-time vaudeville who performed a series of lavish musical reviews on Broadway






28. 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






29. Bandits discuss rival systems of goverment while waiting for an attack






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






32. Highlights the insanity of life in a comical way






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






34. 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'






35. Writes the book






36. 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)






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






38. 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






39. Musicals that feature a particular band's songs






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






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






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

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






44. The men who play female roles are called:






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






46. '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






47. 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






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






49. 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






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







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