theater midterm

Question 1

make up words or actions to cover up mistakes

Answer 1

ad lib

Question 2

reacting to something before your character has a reason to do so

Answer 2

anticipating

Question 3

the end of an act or play lights off and curtain close

Answer 3

black out

Question 4

movement of actors on on stage area

Answer 4

blocking

Question 5

becoming yourself on stage

Answer 5

breaking character

Question 6

lines used to signal something

Answer 6

cue

Question 7

already on stage when play begins

Answer 7

discovered

Question 8

turning your body so it passes through full frontal position on way to final position

Answer 8

downs stage turn

Question 9

any action performed with arms or head

Answer 9

gesture

Question 10

forgetting your lines on stage

Answer 10

going up

Question 11

giving people time to laugh

Answer 11

holding

Question 12

character’s reason for doing something

Answer 12

motiviation

Question 13

studying other people as a source for character’s actions

Answer 13

observation

Question 14

making sure your performance is seen or heard

Answer 14

projecting

Question 15

pacing the scene so that there are not long gaps in the scenes dialogue

Answer 15

pick up cues

Question 16

drawing attention to a particular speech

Answer 16

pointing a line

Question 17

any activity performed on stage as part of your characterization

Answer 17

stage business

Question 18

thoughts that underlie the character’s actual words

Answer 18

subtext

Question 19

saying lines so that it’s stronger than the line before it

Answer 19

topping

Question 20

causing another actor to turn into a closed position away from audience view

Answer 20

upstaging

Question 21

earliest form of theater

Answer 21

acting out

Question 22

what is the abydos passion play

Answer 22

set vs osiris

Question 23

what did greek drama center around

Answer 23

dionysus

Question 24

what is another word for goat song

Answer 24

tragedy

Question 25

what performances involved song and dances by a chorus

Answer 25

dytharambs

Question 26

what is a festival competition

Answer 26

city dionysia

Question 27

where did city dionysia take place

Answer 27

athens

Question 28

what did authors present at city dionysia

Answer 28

three part tragedies

Question 29

how did the tragedy in city dionysia end

Answer 29

unhappily

Question 30

what follows the tragedy in city dionysia

Answer 30

satyr

Question 31

what is the producer of the greek play

Answer 31

choregos

Question 32

what did the city dionysia winners recieve

Answer 32

laurel wreaths and bragging rights

Question 33

who created the first actor

Answer 33

thespis of attica

Question 34

where were greek plays performed

Answer 34

amphitheaters

Question 35

what were the three acting areas in the amphitheater

Answer 35

orchestra, skene, proskenion

Question 36

what are three sided structures to provide background settings

Answer 36

periaktos

Question 37

god from mcahine

Answer 37

deus ex machina

Question 38

who was the father of greek tragedy

Answer 38

aeschylus

Question 39

who added a third actor to the stage

Answer 39

sophocles

Question 40

who wrote of men and psychological motivations

Answer 40

Euripides

Question 41

who wrote comedies with animal characters

Answer 41

aristophanes

Question 42

study of formal speaking

Answer 42

elocution

Question 43

what is an overlay funtion

Answer 43

a secondary function

Question 44

to control speech in acting one must learn control to breath

Answer 44

respiration

Question 45

what controls breathing

Answer 45

diaphragm

Question 46

origin of sound

Answer 46

phonation

Question 47

bronchial tubes, trachea, larynx are parts of …

Answer 47

voice box

Question 48

loudness or volume of sound

Answer 48

strength

Question 49

what is determined by the speed of vibration of vocal cords

Answer 49

pitch

Question 50

spaces used in speech

Answer 50

time

Question 51

creating a specific effect in speech

Answer 51

quality

Question 52

what is the old fashioned term for craftsman

Answer 52

wright

Question 53

who writes the script of the play

Answer 53

playwright

Question 54

what is the blueprint of the play

Answer 54

script

Question 55

small set pieces and any handheld items

Answer 55

props

Question 56

what has to do with where actors move ons tage

Answer 56

stage blocking

Question 57

what is used for names of characters

Answer 57

ALL CAPS

Question 58

what follows the name

Answer 58

colon

Question 59

italics are used for what

Answer 59

stage directions

Question 60

are stage directions to be read aloud?

Answer 60

no

Question 61

what is used to write dialogue

Answer 61

standard type

Question 62

what are the four basic elements to any drama

Answer 62

plot, setting, character, theme

Question 63

story of the play

Answer 63

plot

Question 64

suggested by dialogue and scenery

Answer 64

setting

Question 65

what the play is about

Answer 65

theme

Question 66

whats the difference between theme and plot

Answer 66

plot are events and theme is what play is about

Question 67

persons portrayed by actors

Answer 67

character

Question 68

focuses on character and theme than plot

Answer 68

drama

Question 69

plot is important and characters are sterotypes

Answer 69

melodrama

Question 70

character and plot important and emphasis on character emotions

Answer 70

sentimental drama

Question 71

low comedy using slapstick

Answer 71

farce

Question 72

high comedy emphasis on clever dialogue

Answer 72

comedy of manners

Question 73

high comedy poking fun at currency social customs

Answer 73

satire

Question 74

familiar type if recreated in comic way

Answer 74

parody

Question 75

meaningless of life

Answer 75

theater of absurd

Question 76

songs and dance used to move story along

Answer 76

musical

Question 77

particular way of constructing or executing a play

Answer 77

style

Question 78

represented as how they should be

Answer 78

realism

Question 79

exaggerated imagery

Answer 79

expressionism

Question 80

imitation of greek or roman

Answer 80

clasiccism

Question 81

perfectibility of man and simpler days

Answer 81

romanticism

Question 82

no attempt to hide fact its fake

Answer 82

theatricalism

Question 83

who highly influenced roman theater

Answer 83

etruscan

Question 84

earliest record of roman theater

Answer 84

iudi romani

Question 85

who did roman theater borrow from

Answer 85

greeks

Question 86

song between each act

Answer 86

choral ode

Question 87

speech revealing inner thoughts to audience

Answer 87

soliloquy

Question 88

speaking directly to audience

Answer 88

aside

Question 89

only roman tragedy playwright with works to have survived

Answer 89

seneca

Question 90

true or false roman comedies were divided into acts or scenes and used a chorus

Answer 90

false

Question 91

which roman playwright used songs and slapstick

Answer 91

plautus

Question 92

which roman playwright focused on complex plots and more elegant language

Answer 92

terrence

Question 93

what were short unscipted plays with stereotypes

Answer 93

farce

Question 94

roman unspoken story telling using dance and music

Answer 94

pantomime

Question 95

true or false Romans didn’t depict violence

Answer 95

false

Question 96

which roman structure was circular

Answer 96

colosseum

Question 97

what roman structure had an oval shape

Answer 97

circus maximus

Question 98

roman actors

Answer 98

histriones

Question 99

specializing in one type of drama over another

Answer 99

exaggerated movement

Question 100

repeats of famous speeches

Answer 100

encores

Question 101

Breaking sound into meaningful units

Answer 101

Articulation