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1
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What time period is Asian Origins?

A

350- 1350 c.e

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2
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What does Asian theater rely more on?

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Dance

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3
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(Indian Theater) What is Sanskrit?

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Language of the Noble class

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(Indian Theater) What is the Natyasastra?

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The study of theater

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5
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(Indian Theater) What is Sudtradhara?

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Chief Actor and manager

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(Indian Theater) What is Kathakali?

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A well-known dance-drama form

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(Indian Theater) What gender performs?

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Men were main performers but women also performed.

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What time period is early Chinese Theater?

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200 B.C.E

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9
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(Chinese Theater) What did they perform?

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Skits, Pantomimes, juggling, sinings, dancing

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(Chinese Theater) What is a pear garden?

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A kind of actors training institute in the capital

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(Chinese Theater) what is a Nanxi?

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Southern Drama

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12
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(Chinese Theater) what is a Sheng?

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Male character

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13
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(Chinese Theater) What is a Dan?

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Female character

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14
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(Chinese Theater) What is a Jing?

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Painted Face

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15
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(Chinese Theater) What is a Chou?

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Clown

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16
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(Japanese Theater) What is Nō?

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Earliest form of Japanese Theater

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17
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(Japanese Theater) What is a Shite?

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Main character, often masked

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18
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(Japanese Theater) What is a Waki?

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A supporting character

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(Japanese Theater) What is a Tsure?

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An accompanying role

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20
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(Japanese Theater) What is a kyōgen?

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A comic character

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21
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From audience perspective, Where is upstage on a stage?

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Back of the stage

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22
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From audience perspective, Where is right?

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The left side of stage

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23
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What is the front part of the stage called?

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Apron

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24
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(Nō Theater) What is a Hashingkari?

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Bridge leading from actor’s room off stage to stage

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25
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What is Bunraku?

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Pupper theater

26
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when did Bunraku become popular?

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19th century

27
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Forms of Dramatic structure?

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Ritual, Patterns, Cyclical, Serial

28
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(Stage Lighting) What is intensity?

A

Relative brightness. Dimmers

29
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(Stage Lighting) What creates the color?

30
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(Stage Lighting) What is distribution/direction

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the way the source is placed on or near the stage, forcing the light into a certain angle. Downlight / backlight / frontlight

31
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(Stage Lighting) What is Movement?

A

create a sense of this by shifting the audience focus by adjusting the visual composition of the stage picture

32
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Who is Aeschylus?

A

Greek dramatist who called for a second actor who could play different parts when put on different masks

33
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Who is Sophocles?

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Built on dramatic form that Aeschylus begun, added a third actor

34
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Who is Euripides?

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Considered the most modern, portrayed female characters sympathetically, chorus from 12-15, treated gods skeptically

35
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What lighting control is Black-out?

A

All lights shut off at once

36
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What lighting control is fade?

A

Lights dim slowly

37
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What lighting control is cross-fade?

A

One set of lights go down while another comes up

38
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What lighting control is split cross fade

A

lights that are coming up are on a different fade count from the lights coming down

39
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What is sound reproduction?

A

the use of motivated or environmental sounds

40
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What is Sound reinforcement?

A

amplification of sound

41
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(Greece) What is a Thespis?

A

a performer, stepped out of the
chorus and became a principle actor

42
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What are the six elements of drama?

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Plot, character, thought or theme, language, music, spectacle

43
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What does Renaissance refer to?

A

an awakening of the arts and learning in the Western world

44
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(Italian Theater) What is Intermezzi?

A

A short piece depicting mythological tales, require spectacular scenic effects

45
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(Italian Theater) What is a pastoral?

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Subject is more romance, not overly sexual, Characters are shepherds and mythological creatures

46
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What is a Commedia dell’arte?

A

“Comedy of professional
artists”, given scenario not scripts

47
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What is the English Renaissance period called?

A

The Elizabethan period

48
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Who is Christopher Marlowe?

A

Advanced the art of dramatic structure, wrote Doctor Faustus, Tamburlaine, and Edward 2. Established Blank verse

49
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What is Blank Verse?

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Without Rhyme

50
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Who was William Shakespeare?

A

English playwright and poet, regarded as greatest writer in english language

51
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What does “Casting against type” mean?

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When a performer is cast in a role that they do not appear right for, usually done for comic or satiric purposes

52
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What is blocking?

A

Deciding when and where performers move and position themselves on stage

53
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What are some tragedies?

A

Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth

54
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What are some comedies?

A

twelfth night or what you will, A midsummers night dream, As you like it, Much ado about nothing

55
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What are some Histories?

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Richard III, King John, Henry IV, Henry V

56
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Who are western theater pioneers?

A

Henrik Ibsen and Anton Chekhov

57
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When does the Modern Era begin?

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Late 19th century and continues to this day

58
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What profound changes came with the modern era?

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Religion, Philosophy, psychology, and economics

59
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What problems came from the modern era?

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Tremendous unrest in both Europe and Asia, Extremes of Fascism

60
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What is theatrical realism?

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Everything on stage is made to resemble observable, everyday life. power lies in credibility and sense of identification

61
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Who is considered the founder of realistic drama?

A

Henrik Ibsen

62
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What did Anton Chekhov do?

A

Moved away from melodramatic elements and created a blend of tragedy and comedy

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