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33 Cards in this Set
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What is the first and most important element of theatre?
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plot
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What element includes the words of a play?
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Language
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What element includes the theme or big idea of a play?
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thought
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What is a stock character?
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one dimensional simple characters. ( jock, blonde, punk)
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What type of stage configuration where ancient Greek plays performed on?
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Outdoor ampitheatres with thrust configuation
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What religious institution dominated Medieval Theatre?
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Roman Catholic Church
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What is the name of the festival honoring Dionysus and included theatrical performances?
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Spring Festival: 534bc, poetry sang by a chorus until Thespis was the first actor
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Everyman is an example of what form of Medieval play?
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Mortality Play: moral table, vice vs. virtue, characters were good deeds, knowledge, beauty ect.
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Name three conventions of ancient Greek theatre.
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1. Male actors only
2. masks 3. violence happened off stage 4. chorus and no more then 3 actors |
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Who was the ruler of England during the Elizabethan period?
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Queen Elizabeth was a very liberal queen. She was protestant. During her time language and literacy flourished, it was the golden age of theatre, and England became a world power.
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The Globe is an example of what type of theatre?
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Outdoor Venue in Elizabethan Theatre
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Who were banned from Beijing Opera until the early 1900's?
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women
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Which Elizabethan playwright perfected iambic pentameter?
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Christopher Marlowse
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Name three of the Fur acting roles in Beijing Opera.
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Man: warrior,young man
Woman: old lady, warrior's maiden, quite and gental Painted Face: crafty and treacherous characters Clown: comic relief, improv joker, often a servant |
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What is the fourth wall?
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imaginary wall between the audience and actors
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What playwright is considered "Father of Modern Realism"?
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Henrik Ibsen
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Name two characteristics of set design in the late 19th century.
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real furniture and props on stage, and decorative backrounds
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What are two out of the three categories of personal performances?
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Pretend play, storytelling, performance of identity
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Multiple conflicts, multiple subplots.
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Episodic
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Cumulative Impact
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Episodic
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Action movies tend to be which? Epic or Climactic?
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Climatic
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What is reversal?
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change in power or known facts
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What is a genre?
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division of dramas into categories such as tragedy and comedy as they represent different kinds of human experience
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What does melodrama literally mean?
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music drama
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What type of comedy exposes personal or societal flaws, is more intellectual, and uses wit, irony, and cynicism?
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satire
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Which genre uses stock characters, has a hero/villan/victim triangle, and reinforces existing values?
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melodrama
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Name two characteristics of classical tragedy.
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tragic hero and tragic flaw
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Religious rituals, weddings, fraduation and sporting events are all examples of?
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community performance
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What are the three categories of art?
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Literary, visual, and performing
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What are the three necessary elements for theatre?
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actor, intent to perform, audience
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What are three aspects of the liveness of theatre?
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proximity to the stage, audience imput and the fleeting moment
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Name the three moderen thinkers who influenced the age.
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Karl Marx, Charles Darwin, Sigmund Freud
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Name three characteristics of realism in playwriting.
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1. working and middle class stories.
2. dialogue accurate to the social and historical setting. 3.concequences of actions are high |
