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53 Cards in this Set
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Who wrote proof
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David Auburn
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Who wrote Lawnchair man
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Peter ullin
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Who wrote Archangels?
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Dario Fo
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who wrote Andres Mother
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terrance McNally
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who directed Proof?
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randy Reinholz
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who directed lawnchair man?
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paula Kalustian
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who directed archangels?
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peter Larlham
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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willing suspension of disbelief
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values of art
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a. entertainment
b. education/edification c. enlightenment/exultation d. economics |
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10. who is responsible for running a play, producing it, etc.
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a. stage manager
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11. deportment:
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a. conduct/behavior
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12. Who was the first actor?
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a. 534 BC Thespis becomes world's first actor
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13. 3 ingredients to creativity:
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a. novelty, value, and passion
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14. final scenes in a play that ties up loose ends after climax
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a. denouement
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15. Most important trait of a playwright is
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a. Fidelity to the rules of art
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16. Who was the creator of psychodrama
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a. J.L. Moreno
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17. What type of stage gets rid of scenery
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a. Arena format
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18. What is not an element of speech
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a. Mastication
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19. Theater derived from 2 sources
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a. Realism/naturalism
b. Came from Greece c. prehistoric rites/religious practices |
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25. superobjective
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a. the driving force that governs a characters actions throughout the play
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26. who cofounded group theater
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a. lee strasberg
b. Harold |
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24. 2 golden eras of theater
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musical theater – 1943 -1968
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27. Dran
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a. Means to do
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28. theatron
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a. a place where spectators come to watch a performance
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29. greek god of theater
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a. Dionysos
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30. Linear plot
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a. the most traditional form of plotting, beginning with exposition and building through a series of minor crises to a major crisis and climax
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32. 3 greek tragedians
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a. Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides
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33. Who wrote waiting for godot
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a. Samuel Beckett
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34. stage fright is
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a. legitimate fear
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38. background information
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a. exposition
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41. essence of dramatic action
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conflict
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42. 6 elements of drama
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a. Thought, Theme, Ideas; Action or Plot; Characters; Language; Music; and Spectacle
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43. who do oxfordians think wrote shakespeares plays
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a. Edward de Vere
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44. Politics in theater want to elicit or influence
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a. Thought
b. Emotion c. Passion d. Action or non action |
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45. pace
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a. rhythm
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46. rate
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a. how fast you speak
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47. blocking
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a. movement that director gives the actors
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climax
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a. The point of greatest intensity or force in an ascending series or progression; a culmination.
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49. first play in musical theater- 1866
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a. black crook
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who was monarch in 1603 and who took over
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50. Queen Elizabeth I was the monarch, and James I took over in 1603 when she died
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52. subtext
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The hidden meaning behind a line of dialogue; the real reason a character chooses to speak.
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who wrote the lyrics for sweeny todd, etc
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53. Stephen Sondheim
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54. catharsis:
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an emotional release associated with talking about the underlying causes of a problem
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56. Norwegian playwrite who is the father of modern drama and wrote a dolls house
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a. Ibsen
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57. which city is the international capital of the worlds musical theater
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nyc
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58. farm workers theater
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a. El Teatro Campesino
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59. picture frame stage
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a. proscenium
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60. 7 fine arts
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a. theater
b. dance c. music d. painting e. sculpture f. poetry g. architecture |
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61. what playwright said “art is a hammer”
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a. brecht
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62. min requirements for theater building
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a. place to act and place to wach
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63. genre
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a. A category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, marked by a distinctive style, form, or content
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65. who wrote radio doll, African American playwright
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a. august Wilson
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66. When was Shakespeare born?
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April 23, 1564
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