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Theatre Basics

Subject : performing-arts
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1. Type of Islamic theatre - religious drama of Iran which allowed for actors - both professional and amateur - and has been performed in open-air playing spaces and on some occasions in specially constructed indoor stages for hundreds of years

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2. Divided into fatalist - hilarious and existentialist






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






4. Estrangement; essentially the alienation effect






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






6. What western theatre is often called:






7. '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






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






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






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






11. This happened for the first time during the Restoration






12. 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






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






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






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






16. Composed and produced by Bob Cole - lyrics by Billy Johnson; story of a con man and used minstrel stereotypes and spoofed Chinatown; in one scene a young black man sings about he and his date were denied entry to a nightclub cuz He was black and this






17. 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






18. Instead of learning how to conjure real emotions - actors of Sanskrit drama studied for many years to learn representations of emotions through:






19. Two types of traditional Japanese theatre






20. 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






21. 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






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






23. All lines are sung - usually to grand classical music; Madama Butterfly (1904)






24. 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






25. 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






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






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






28. Musicals that feature a particular band's songs






29. 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






30. Earliest form for photography






31. Comic interludes performed during the intermissions of opera






32. Six characters take on life of their own when the playwright fails to complete the play in which they were supposed to appear






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






34. 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






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






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






37. Writes the music






38. Book - music - and lyrics






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






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






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






43. 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






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






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






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






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






48. Writes the lyrics






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






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