Theatre Appreciation

Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot" mystified audiences until it was performed in

The major components of theatre include

The concept that the stage is a mirror of humanity originated with the

among the audience's expectations are

as the performance begins, we enter into an illusion that is

the greek word for actor is "hypokrites" meaning

to give way to the theatre's magic and to believe what is happening before us is to

______ are considered "front of house" staff

directors who have reinterpreted and rearranged Shakespeare's texts include

the rules of decorum for attending the theatre include

T/F the theatre's special quality lies in its being both a stage world and the illusion of the real world

T/F both theatre and film require the audience's active participation while we experience them

T/F audience participation is always designed into the performance

T/F theatre, like film, can be experienced the same way over and over again

T/F according to Peter Brook, theatre occurs when "a man walks across a stage whilst someone else is watching him"

T/F video games attempt to duplicate the immediacy of the theatre

T/F theatre buildings reflect changes and attitudes of the cultures and times in which they were built

one of the earliest theatre to have a permanent proscenium arch was

thrust stages were an attempt to

the italian architect Giambattista Aleotti created a system of scenery that employed

the only surviving greek trilogy is by the playwright

the cycle plays of the medieval theatre dealt with

Chikamatsu Monzaemon is best known for writing plays for

the four types of roles for actors in Beijing Opera include

eastern theatre has influenced the work of western playwrights and directors such as

in Kabuki theatre, male actors who play female roles are called

the Nayasastra, the sanskrit book on dramaturgy, spelled out conventions of

T/F the most dramatic changes in Greek theatre architecture were from the Classical to the Hellenistic period

T/F pageant wagons were used extensively in the 19th century theatre

T/F the aim of the picture frame stage was to shatter the illusion of reality

T/F the japanese Noh drama has remained unchanged since the 17th century

T/F the butai and the hashigakari are the two principal scenice elements of the kabuki theatre

T/F beijing opera depended heavily on conventions of acting, staging, and singing rather than on a text

T/F the best known fixed stage of medieval times was the one constructed for the Valenciennes Passion Play in 1547

one of the forerunners of alternative approaches to theatre production was

"Finding the proper spectator-actor relationship" is a way describing the environmental theatre performances associated with

Theatre du Soleil drew its inspiration, in part, from

the politically charged production of The Brig was staged by

Bread and Puppet Theatres traditionally began with an act of

Theatre Du Soleil was founded in 1964 by

Grotowski's poor theatre returned to the essentials of theatre

Les Atrides is based on

the oldest theatrical collective in the United States was headed by

Akropolis jextaposes biblical and homeric scenes to comment on

The Brig, by Kenneth Brown, covers a single day in

T/F unlike most of the experimental theatre companies that started in the 1960's, the free southern theatre still flourishes today

T/F Grotowski believed that performance was a semi-religious act

T/F the bread and puppet theatre perform on a farm in Rhode Island

T/F environmental theatre rejects conventional seating and includes the audience as part of the performance space

T/F warehouses, garages, lofts and abandones churches are among the spaces that have been adapted for modern alternative theatre

in 1970, the living theatre brook into five groups, or "cells"

T/F in one of theatre du soleil's productions, actors step out of character to demand low cost housing

The American Dream was written by

Aristotle said that plot requires

david henry hwang introduced asian american theatre into mainstream american theatre in 1988 with his play

a spanish-speaking theatre dedicated to preserving hispanic traditions has existed in north american since

diana son is best known for plays dealing with

the clashing of personal, moral, and social forces can be seen as

A Raisin in the Sun was written by

the essential tools of the playwright are

The Curse of the Starving Class was written by

to sustain our interest, the playwright's characters must be

T/F television and film contracts and prestigious awards, such as the Pulitzer Prize are among the indicators of a playwright's success

T/F the two essential connections for success are the agent and producer

T/F Verfremdung, or alienation, was frequently used by Bertold Brecht

T/F Boys in the Band was a groundbreaking play dealing with gay issues

T/F Sweet Bird of Youth was written by Arthur Miller

T/F The Children's Hour was written by Lillian Hellman

T/F The published text of a play should be considered complete

the acting teacher that developed the "Foundation Technique" was

Thornton Wilder's Our Town

Cicely Berry is best known for her work in the area of

the "large style" of acting fell out of fashion with the rise of

David Mamet and William H. Macy developed

Stanislavski compared his form acting to the "large style" as the difference between _____ and ______

approaching a role through the study of human behavior in all its outward forms is

Anne Bogart and Tadashi Suzuki were responsible for the founding of

one exercise that helps the actor's concentration and opens their imagination is

among the six elements in the "Viewpoints" actor training technique are

T/F technique and belief are the fundamentals of the actor's craft

T/F acting is not showing and narrating, but is, rather, illustrating and exhibiting

T/F some of the actor's tools are costumes, makeup, and props

T/F Laurence Olivier referred to acting as "mimical behavior"

T/F Anne Bogart's "viewpoints" deal specifically with the actors' voice

T/F to prepare for the role of Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire, Uta Hagen developed a series of sublimations

T/F a "screen test" is the film actor's audition

the emergence of the director in the modern sense is credited to

one of europe's earliest female actor-managers was

Peter Brook has developed texts that utilize

the director best known for his direction of plays by Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams is

Pina Bausch is best known for

assigning actors additional duties, such as costumes, was among the reforms associated with

the word "rehearse" is derived from a Latin word meaning

directing consists of "turning Psychology into behavior," according to

The Mahabhartha shares literary associations with

_____ and _______ are the first two design elements agreed upon with ________ and ________ being brought in later

T/F Improvisation is primarily a rehearsal tool

T/F Martha Clarke's theatre-dance pieces connect hundreds of imagistic fragments

T/F Andre Antoine was the producing-director of the Moscow Art Theatre

T/F Bertolt Bracht was known as a very active and intrusive director

T/F the actual day-to-day running of a theatre production is the job of the assistant director

T/F the idea of a single creative authority in charge of all the aspects of a production is associated with the duke of saxe-meiningen

T/F Peter Brook used both circus tricks and improvisation during rehearsals for A Midsummer Night's Dream

by the late 19th century theatre was dominated by naturalistic philosophy which called for

before the emergence of the modern scene designer, creating scenery was the job of

in ancient asian and greek theatres, actors used a white-lead makeup or masks made of

the costume designer that had five hit musicals on Broadway at the same time is

Barbara Matera is best known in the area of

the hair and wig designer for the broadway production of Cats is

John Lee Beatty, who designed the broadway production of The Heiress, studied with _____, who was heavily influenced by _____

Theoni V. Aldredge took many thousands of photographs in preparing to design

scene designers begin the design process by

in the design process, the scene designer's work is most frequently guided by the

T/F the set designer visualizes the details of place, movement, and objects in space

T/F Character makeup enhances the actor's normal features

T/F Jo Mielziner designed the original production of Death of a Salesman

T/F Appia and Craig called for scenery to express to play's atmosphere instead of attempting to reproduce realistic details of time and place

T/F a rear elevation is a drawing used for construction purposes

T/F a quality wig has a large amount of hair knotted into it during "ventilation"

T/F costume design has only been a recognized design specialty for the last forty years

the person credited with establishing the principles of modern stage lighting is

one of the rules of lighting maintains that ____ and ____ must be inherent in the lighting design

the lighting will be fine tuned and cues are usually written

the device used most commonly to project images is

the assistant lighting designer is responsible for

the person credited with establishing the role of the modern theatrical sound designer is

a lighting plot provides information about

the technical production team is led by the

almost all sound can be electronically sampled and programmed except for

the professional union that represents technicians is

T/F the costume shop manager has a function parallel to that of the TD

T/F the production manager has full responsibility for the running of the show

T/F a lighting designer of A Chorus Line was Tharon Musser

T/F the lighting designer's tools are form, color, and movement

T/F until the late 19th century there was little concern for specialized lighting and effects

T/F fireworks were sometimes included as part of the lighting effects of Medieval and Renaissance plays

T/F "cues" provided information regarding changes in lighting that occur during a performance

the american musical theatre dates back to

the book of a musical is called

______ was best known for a series of annual reviews that featured scantily clad chorus girls

Jerome Kern pioneered a new type of musical theatre with

among the firsts associated with Oklahoma! were

Carousel, The King and I, and South Pacific are examples of the successful collaboration of

the influence of the pop rock musical Hair can be seen in

A Chorus Line, which chronicles the audition of 17 dancers is the work of

the tradition of importing American musicals to great britain was broken with the production of

the longest running musical in both New York and London is

T/F the production of Po-ca-hon-tas was the most influential event in the development of the American musical theatre

T/F Porgy and Bess was based on an Edna Ferber novel

T/F Richard Rogers and Lorenz Hart broke new ground with Oklahoma!

T/F in place of the Capulets and Montagues, West Side Story has Crips and Bloods

T/F Jonathan Larson, the creator of Rent, died soon after the show opened off Broadway

T/F both cameron mackintosh and andrew lloyd webber have been honored by the queen of england for their contributions to the musical theatre

T/F the TKTS booth is operated by LORT (League of Resident Theatres)