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Theatre Basics

Subject : performing-arts
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1. Writes the book






2. 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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3. Most popular type of theatre during the Restoration; often featured great wit and wordplay and told stories about sexual gratification - bedroom escapades - and humankind's unrefined nature when it comes to sex






4. What western theatre is often called:






5. 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)






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






7. This happened for the first time during the Restoration






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






9. Comic operas that mixed popular songs of the day with spoken dialogue






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






11. 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






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






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. The orchestrated melodies






15. 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






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






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






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






19. Filled with characters who cannot resist an argument about social issues; no character is exempt from talking politics and theorizing about moral - artistic or religious reform






20. Writes the lyrics






21. 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)






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






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






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






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






26. Said that the free enterprise system is seriously flawed and is a cause of great human misery because it exploits the poor






27. Said that the free enterprise system is seriously flawed and is a cause of great human misery because it exploits the poor






28. 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






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






30. Plays without music






31. Developed from the dance-prayers of Buddhist priests; has five possible subjects: the deities - the deeds of heroic samurai - women - insanity - and famous legends






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






33. 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






34. 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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35. Writes the book






36. The men who play female roles are called:






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






38. 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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39. 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






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






41. Two types of traditional Japanese theatre






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






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






44. Estrangement; essentially the alienation effect






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






46. More serious plot and theme; West Side Story (1957)






47. Writes the music






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






49. Spoken lines of dialogue as well as the plot






50. Three parts of a Noh play