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Theatre Final Exam!
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| orchestra | acting area |
| Dionysus | wine-God |
| Sophocles | Wrote Oedipus Rex |
| What is Oedipus about? | story about tryig to win against the gods |
| Thespis | first actor (he stepped out of the choir) "thespians" |
| What are Passion Plays? | the story about the life of Christ |
| What are Morality plays? | about right about wrong |
| what is an example of a famous morality play? | "Everyman" <--importance of good deeds |
| What is a Miracle Play? | about the life of saints |
| What is a Mystery Play? | stories of the bible |
| What period is William Shakespeare from? | Elizibethean period |
| Who is Cervantes? | He was a Spanish playwright; an idealist |
| What play did Cervantes write? | Man of LaMancha |
| Who is Moliere? | he was a french playwright; made Comedia Francais |
| What did Moliere write that got him in trouble? | satires |
| Who is Ibsen? What do they call him? | A Norwegian playwright; "Father of Realism"; understood women |
| what part of the stage is the apron? | the oval part that extends in front of the grand drape |
| What are the legs of the stage? | the side curtains that hide backstage |
| What is the backdrop of the stage called? | the Cyclorama |
| What is a cyc? | a plan back curtain |
| what is a background of scenery called on stage? | a backdrop |
| what are yhe short curtains that run across the top of the stage to hide the lights called? | borders |
| what is the front curtain called? | the grand drape |
| what is the "drop" ? | painted scenery |
| In the ELIZEBETHEAN period, what means happy and what means sad? | black flag=sad, white flag=happy |
| What are the characters called in COMEDIA? | STOCK CHARACTERS (stereotypes) |
| what is the "house" in a theatre? | where the audience sits. |
| where do the actors change clothes? | in the dressing room. |
| where do the cast and crew go for information? | the CALL BOARD |
| back in the older days, what were the stages like (shape)? what was it called? | RAKED stages (slanted) |
| what are the wings? | same thing as the legs; curtains to hide the backstage areas |
| what is the "imaginary wall" that the audience looks through? | the Fourth Wall |
| What is an ARENA theatre? | audience on four sides |
| what us a THRUST theatre? | audience on three sides |
| what is a PROSCENIUM arch theatre? | audience on one side; the average theatre |
| what is a BLACK BOX theatre? | experimental stage that is always different; for small plays |
| What does the Lyricist do? | writes the words to songs |
| what does the Librettist do? | same as a lyricist! writes the words to songs |
| What does the choregrapher do? | teaches/makes up dances |
| what does the director do? | has the "vision" |
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