THR Exam 1

Question 1

Things theatre needs:

Answer 1

performers, audience, costumes, a specific acting space, and storytelling

Question 2

ceremonies

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an established event to mark an important occasion (weddings, birthdays)

Question 3

rituals

Answer 3

a specific procedure, rite or passage (funerals, church, graduations)
-happen INSIDE ceremonies

Question 4

celebrations

Answer 4

an event built around festivities and rejoicing (parades, Super Bowl)

Question 5

selectivity

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focuses on a part of a total picture (NEVER have the FULL scene)

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medium

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the presentation of a plot, a play, by actors on a stage (need a story, people to tell the story, and a place to tell the story)

Question 7

characters

Answer 7

people in conflict and action

Question 8

the focus of theatre is:

Answer 8

HUMAN BEINGS

Question 9

elements of theater:

Answer 9

audience, space/environment, performers, director, playwright and POV, disciplines of design

Question 10

aesthetic distance

Answer 10

the fourth wall; the physical and artistic separation of the audience from the stage and performance

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observed distance

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the most common; an audience interacts with the action of a performance through empathy. they identify and feel the emotions of the characters

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participatory distance

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an audience interacts with the action of a performance by directly taking part

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symbol

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a sign, token or emblem that signifies something else

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metaphor

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a comparison of two unlike things without using like or as

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realism

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an element that resembles observable reality. It looks like it does in life

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non realism

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elements of theatre designs and actions that do not conform to observable reality (using metaphors, symbolisms, or abstract concepts)

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the link between theatre and society

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an awareness of the social, political, and philosophical world in which the play was written

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unity of time

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means the action of the play had to be 24 hours or less

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unity of place

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only allowing one setting

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unity of action

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the plot could only be about one thing

Question 21

broadway

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highly professional theatre, sometimes controversial, geared toward large audience and profit

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off broadway

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the latest ideas in theatre, latest styles and trends, often geared toward the experimental, geared toward specific audiences and to expanding the boundaries of nature

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resident professional theaters

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professional theaters across the nation remounting broadway and off-broadway plays and new productions

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children’s theatre

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small professional theatre geared to introducing young audiences to theatre

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college and university theaters

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training ground for actors

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community theaters

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theaters that produce amateur theatre

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theatre of diversity

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multiethnic, multicultural, and gender theatre

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Stanislavaski 9 points of acting

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relaxation, concentration and observation, given circumstances, importance of specifics, inner truth, emotional recall, super objective, ensemble playing, well trained voice and body

Question 29

a theatrical performance requires that a play contain:

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form, shape and structure

Question 30

story

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a full account of history as its occurs through time and place

Question 31

plot

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a specific arrangement of climatic scenes taken from a story in order to heighten its climax

Question 32

characters

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people who are opposing forces at odds

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extraordinary characters

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king, presidents, people whose decisions and actions affect multitudes of people

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representing characters

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everyday, original people who decisions affect themselves and a small group of related peoples

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stock characters

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one dimensional characters most often used in comedies

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dominate trait characters

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three dimensional characters that are consumed by one action or idea

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minor characters

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secondary characters used to compare and contrast major characters

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narrator or chorus

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characters used to represent the voice of the playwright or society at large

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nonhuman characters

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"non people"

Question 40

central action

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opposing forces at play to achieve individual objectives and goals

Question 41

elements of action

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a balance of separation of power, strongly opposed forces or ideas, characters have objectives and goals, characters have obstacles and complications, plot has conflict/crises/climaxes