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Theatre midterm review Flashcards

1
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the precise staging of actors to facilitate the performance of a play, ballet, film or opera.

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Blocking

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to draw attention away from other actors by standing in front of them, or forcing them further uostage.

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upstaging

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3
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to walk across the stage in a straight line.

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fade

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4
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when two actors switch places on the stage in swift movemement

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counter cross

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5
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What is an example of a prop

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sword

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6
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Why would you use an aside?

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Aside is used to gossip about other characters without their awareness, give audiences better understanding of matters

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7
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What is a beat

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A certain lengthed pause the actors use so they aren’t talking really fast all the time.

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8
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Should you ever do anything on stage that isn’t motivated

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no because then you’re just adding random actions or words that dont need to be there, and dont contribute to the overall story line.

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9
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Off book is every actor’s “favorite” rehearsal because that means you have to

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run through the show, or certain scenes of the show without looking at your script. Everything needs to be memorized.

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10
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A____________is an actor’s moment/trigger to perform.

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cue

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11
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If you are cheating out, you are

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facing the audience more instead of giving them a full profile.

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12
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The large white curtain on the back wall is called the

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sike

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13
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The equipment stored in the ceiling of primarily professional theaters used to raise and lower set pieces and backdrop is the

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fly system

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14
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true/ false: It’s OK to leave your phone on but silenced during a performance.

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flase

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15
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When should you open any candy or cough drops

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before the show started, in between scenes, during intermission

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16
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True/False - It’s OK to critique a show or an actor’s performance with your friends during intermission.

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flase

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17
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In the play, Alice, what did Alice draw and show to her father

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a palace

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18
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In the play Alice, what does Alice break in her mother’s room

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a mirror

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19
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In the play, Alice, after the mirror breaks, what does Alice imagine as she is being disciplined

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That she’s in court and is about to be put in jail

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20
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What is the name of the stammering professor in the play Alice

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Carroll

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21
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In the play, who does Carroll tell Alice that the queen in her painting resembles

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herself

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22
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In Alice, which character recites poetry like a 60s beat poet

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cheshire cat

23
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In Alice, what lesson does Alice learn from meeting Twin

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you’re never lonely even when you’re by yourself

24
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In Alice, why is the Mad Hatter feeling mad/heartbroken

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because he’s in love with time but she never stops for him

25
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How many characters speak in a monologue

A

1

26
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In Alice, what object does Alice step through to get into wonderland

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the mirror

27
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In Alice, how does Alice respond to the Cat’s poem

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she thinks its funny and laughs at it

28
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In Alice, what lesson does Alice learn after she meets the Cat

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be vulnerable

29
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In Alice, after the tea party, why does Carroll tell Alice is the reason he has to leave

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his part of the story is over and its her story now

30
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In Alice, why is the Queen called “The Queen of Hearts”

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because she collects hearts and keeps them in boxes

31
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In Alice, when Alice begins to defend herself to the Queen, what does she compare the queen to

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a playing card

32
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How does Alice defeat the Queen in the end of the play and get crowned Queen Alice

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she finally stands up to the queen

33
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What would qualify the moral of this story in the play, Alice

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you can always write your own story

34
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True/False - Some monologues can happen in the middle of lines of dialogue.

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true

35
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True/False - A monologue can allow the audience to understand the inner thoughts of a character.

A

true

36
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True/False - A monologue should not have a beginning, middle, and end.

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false

37
Q

Who was the first actor according to theatre history

A

Thespius

38
Q

A monologue should
be spoken with the
intention of achieving some __________________.

A

objective

39
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What your character wants throughout the whole play, their overarching goal is known as your character’s ________________.

A

suber objective

40
Q

What is the accepted date for the official beginning of theatre

A

534 BC

41
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Where did theatre origionally get its start

A

Greece

42
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What was the festival that theatrical plays stem from

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the festival of Dionysius

43
Q

What are the three types of Asian theatre called

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Bunraku, Kabuki and Nōh.

44
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Who was the god of wine and fertility that later became associated with theatre

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Dionysus

45
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What was another name for the songs sung by the chorus at Greek festivals, It meant goat song.

A

Idia

46
Q

Who would be the equivalent of a choregoi today in theatre and film?

A

producer

47
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Which of the following were Greek tragic playwrights

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Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides

48
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What is a tragic flaw

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a trait in a character leading to his downfall

49
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True/False - Actors were highly respected in Greek society.

A

true

50
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True/False - Actors were exempt from military service (In Greek theatre history) and were highly trained and skilled.

A

true

51
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True/False - The first stage in Greek theatre was the amphitheater.

A

true

52
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True/False - There were only two main comedic playwrights in Greek theatre history.

A

true

53
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True/False - Greek masks had a funnel that served as a microphone to amplify the actor’s voice.

A

true

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