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1
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Vomitoria

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Tunnels under the theatre.

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Theatron

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Seeing place.

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3
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Thespis

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First actor.

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Tragedy

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Unhappy ending.

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Comedy

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Good ending.

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Protagonist

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Main character.

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7
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Antagonists

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Bad guy.

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Aristotle

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Created the rules of tragedy.

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Aristophities

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Wrote the first comedy.

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10
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Melodrama

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Highly suspenseful, ex. Wait until dark.

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Farce

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Silly play, non serious play.

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12
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Tragic

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People died, sad ending.

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13
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Absurdism

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Waiting for Godot.

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14
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Realism

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Real topics about real issues.

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15
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Speak ability

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The way the character speaks.

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16
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Intrigue

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Keeps you guessing.

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17
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Compression

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Shrink a long story to a short one.

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18
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Gravity

A

Topic of play.

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19
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Staged readings.

A

Rough draft of play, workshopped for 1-2 days.

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20
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Pulitzer Prize

A

Play-write gets it.

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21
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Who wrote Angels in America?

A

Tiny kushner

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22
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Who wrote m. Butterfly?

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David h. Wang

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23
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Who wrote a dolls house?

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Gentoo Ibsen

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24
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Who wrote death of a sales man?

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Author miller

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25
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Who wrote waiting for Godot?

A

Samuel brekett

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26
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Who wrote wait until dark?

A

Robert Howard carrington

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27
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Who wrote Uni roi?

A

Alfred Jerry.

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28
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Who wrote the producers?

A

Mel brooks.

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29
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Who wrote fences?

A

August Wilson

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30
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Who wrote November?

A

David Mamet

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31
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What is internal/ method acting?

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When you become the character.

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32
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What is presentational/ external acting?

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Presents in front of mirror.

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33
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What does Off book mean?

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Lines are memorized.

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34
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What does blocking mean?

A

Staging.

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35
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What does organic blocking mean?

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Move whenever actors want.

36
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What does preblocking mean?

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Already set in stone a plan.

37
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What does improvisation mean?

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No prior preparation.

38
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What does Zadacha mean?

A

Goal.

39
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Who was didaskolos?

A

Theatre director

40
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Who is a play-write?

A

Creates plays.

41
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What is directing?

A

Control of operations.

42
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What is the duke of saxe meaning?

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Asamble.

43
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What is the scientific era?

A

Pay attention to details.

44
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Who receives top billing?

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The playwrite.

45
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Casting is

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90% of the process.

46
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What is a fabric swatch?

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A strip of fabric attached to a paper with a costume design.

47
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What is a draper?

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A person who created the clothes.

48
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What is gell?

A

Filter in front of light.

49
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What is a light plot?

A

Blueprint if theatrical lighting.

50
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What is a gobo?

A

Design on stage with lights.

51
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What is sound reinforcement?

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Microphones, signal processors, amps, and loudspeakers that allow the actors to be heard.

52
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What are the 4 kinda of reinforcement?

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Sound reinforcement, effects, environment, and music.

53
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What are thumbnail sketches?

A

A rough sketch of the scenery.

54
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What are scenic renderings?

A

Super detailed sketches.

55
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What is a white model?

A

Mini stage.

56
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What is painters elevation?

A

Front view of scene piece & mix for a show.

57
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Who were the first to perform theatre?

A

The African tribal groups.

58
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What are rituals?

A

Series of actions performed according to a prescribed order.

59
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What is story telling?

A

Conveying events in works by improvisation or embellishment.

60
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What is shamanism?

A

A guy who can communicate with the spirit world and the material world.

61
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Greeks?

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Originators of creating theatre.

62
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Romans

A

Are copycats

63
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What is the medical?

A

When theatre died, and was resurrected by the church.

64
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What does the renaissance mean?

A

Rebirth.

65
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What is the royal era?

A

When theatre was tamed for the wealthy.

66
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What is the romantic era?

A

A reaction against the royal theatre.

67
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What is modern theatre?

A

Shock theatre.

68
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What is the post modern theatre?

A

How to be clever.

69
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What is nataka?

A

About heroes and kings.

70
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What is Sanskrit drama?

A

Indian dance involving theatre dance and music.

71
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How long does it take for afford to train?

A

Years often until middle aged.

72
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What is Japanese nô theatre?

A

Walking slowly.

73
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What is kabuki?

A

Puppetry.

74
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Who wrote the black crook?

A

Charles m. Barras

75
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Who wrote hairspray?

A

Thomas Meehan, and mark o’donnell.

76
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Who wrote oaklahoma?

A

Oscar Hammerstein.

77
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Who wrote phantom of the opera?

A

Andrew Lloyd webber.

78
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Who wrote les misérables?

A

Alain boublil and Claude Michael schönberg.

79
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Who wrote the producers?

A

Mel brooks.

80
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Who wrote the lion king?

A

Julie taymour.

81
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What does Social significance mean?

A

How would it change the world?

82
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Why does personal significance mean?

A

How does it affect you?

83
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What is artistic quality?

A

How well done was the play?

84
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What is theatrical expression?

A

How the audience feel.

85
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Entertainment

A

Did you enjoy the performance.

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