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Theatre Basics

Subject : performing-arts
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1. 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






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

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3. Peking Opera was dramatically altered when:






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






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






6. Estrangement; essentially the alienation effect






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






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






9. 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'






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






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






12. 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






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






14. Wooden clappers used in Kabuki






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






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






17. French philosopher and playwright; The Flies (1943) & No Exit (1944)






18. 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






19. 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






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






21. Closely tied to ritual - and it uses color - dance - song - and movements to exaggerate - stylize - and symbolically represent life






22. 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






23. No spoken dialogue - entirely sung; comes from the Latin word 'work' and may have originally meant 'works in music' or 'musical works for the stage'; first operas were in Italy in late 1500s






24. 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






25. Most famous English actress - born into poverty - started out singing in taverns and selling oranges in theatres - became the King's mistress






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






27. 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






28. Goethe's most famous Romantic play






29. 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






30. 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






31. 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






32. Comic interludes performed during the intermissions of opera






33. Proclaimed 'God is dead...and we have killed him.'; felt taht absence of God was a tragedy - but believed human beings needed to accept the tragedy and move forward in a world that was unjust and meaningless






34. Including operetta - developed out of intermezzi






35. '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






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






37. Feature the work of a director-choreographer






38. 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






39. Book - music - and lyrics






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






41. 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






42. French philosopher and playwright; The Flies (1943) & No Exit (1944)






43. Founded in 1946 by Julian Beck and Judith Malina; dedicated itself to contemporary social issues and highly political - easthetically radical plays






44. 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






45. Most famous English actress - born into poverty - started out singing in taverns and selling oranges in theatres - became the King's mistress






46. 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






47. '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






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






49. What western theatre is often called:






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






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