Theatre Appreciation, Test 1: Part 2 Flashcards
True/False: Quiet audiences clearly do not like a performance.
False
True/False: Artistic interests when creating a show never clash with the producer’s business interest.
False
True/False: Theatre today is not one of the most popular entertainments.
True
True/False: “Permission” refers to an unwritten contract between performers and the technical crew to work well together.
False
True/False: Theatre and other arts can give clues about culture that created the work.
True
True/False: Underrepresented groups steer clear of theatre as a means of expression.
False
True/False: An audience of one hundred people in a two thousand-seat auditorium makes easy connections of energy and shared identity.
False
True/False: Film is a more social experience for an audience than theater because it presents the real world.
False
True/False: The best size of any audience depends in part on the nature of the event.
True
True/False: A theatre audience, as a group, can grant permission for activities on stage that would be offensive in real life.
True
True/False: A theatre audience is affected by the size and distribution of its physical space.
True
True/False: Many theatres are formed to serve underrepresented groups.
True
True/False: Silence from an audience is always a sign of disapproval.
False
True/False: “Permission” refers to an unwritten contract between performers and audience and among members of the audience.
True
True/False: A small audience in a large theatre will probably produce a better sense of groupness than a large audience in a small theatre.
False
True/False: Theatre art is both an expression of its society and a response to it.
True
True/False: The business of theatre and the art of theatre are often in conflict.
True
True/False: Theatre today is a good indicator of today’s culture generally, because theatre today is one of its most popular entertainments.
False
True/False: Theatre is more social than film mostly because of differences in the size of the audiences going to see each.
False
True/False: Theatre is a good clue about culture because theatre has been called “a mirror of life.”
True
True/False: In general, business practices in theatre have changed historically more or less in sync with business practices outside theatre.
True
MC: If a very small audience is attending a very large theatre:
The audience will be much less able to affect the actors.
MC: A theatre audience differs fundamentally from a television audience in it’s:
Degree of groupness, size, ability to influence performance, and social class (all of the above)
MC: To join a theatre audience is to enter a relationship with:
The event on the stage, the other members of the audience, and the actors. (answers a through c)
MC: At the end of a performance of Julius Caesar, the actor playing Caesar comes to center stage for a moment before moving off stage and out of sight. Caesar has just:
Taken a bow
MC: One method that a theatre audience is NOT normally interactive with the performance is:
Texting
MC: In the midst of a serious play that is succeeding well with an audience, you would expect to hear:
Nothing
MC: The actor playing Dolly in Hello, Dolly, responding to the sustained applause of the audience, sings another song from the show. She has just:
Taken an encore.
