Introduction To Theatre Test 1

LIST: 3 types of theatre.

LIST: 3 types of action in theatre.

LIST: 3 books and authors we discussed important to the development of theatre.

LIST: 10 plays and their writers from the play synopses in the b.o.b.

LIST: 3 19th century realists and their origin.

_______ was the dominant style of theatre in the late 19th century.

There are _____ (number of) seats in the JSU theatre.

Before language, _______ was theatre.

"________ is an imitation of an action."Aristotle, The Poetics

________ ___________ is when the audience knows something that the actors don't.

_________________ is the opposite of dramatic irony.

Give examples of participatory theatre.

__________ is another word for "seeing place."

___________ means vigorous action.

LIST: 2 basic styles of theatre and give examples of each.

In what movie did what actor say what line?

LIST: 3 influencers of theatre, though outside theatrical careers, and their positions.

A _________ is an artistic device or technique.

One cultural setting was Greece(Athens). The Greek did what 2 things that no one else did? Who were the 3 famous Greek playwrights? Nonrealists or realists?

LIST: 3 American playwrights. Nonrealists or realists?

___________ was a famous playwright during the Elizabethan period.

LIST: 4 characteristics of theatre.

LIST: 2 basic genres of theatre and their symbol.

LIST: name the 3 unions and who they were for.

Explain a director's and an actor's role in theatre.