If you are taking intro to theatre at jsu this will help you study for your first test!
Questions and Answers
1.
LIST: 3 types of theatre.
2.
LIST: 3 types of action in theatre.
3.
LIST: 3 books and authors we discussed important to the development of theatre.
4.
LIST: 10 plays and their writers from the play synopses in the b.o.b.
5.
LIST: 3 19th century realists and their origin.
6.
_______ was the dominant style of theatre in the late 19th century.
7.
There are _____ (number of) seats in the JSU theatre.
8.
Before language, _______ was theatre.
9.
"________ is an imitation of an action."Aristotle, The Poetics
10.
________ ___________ is when the audience knows something that the actors don't.
11.
_________________ is the opposite of dramatic irony.
12.
Give examples of participatory theatre.
13.
__________ is another word for "seeing place."
14.
___________ means vigorous action.
15.
LIST: 2 basic styles of theatre and give examples of each.
16.
In what movie did what actor say what line?
17.
LIST: 3 influencers of theatre, though outside theatrical careers, and their positions.
18.
A _________ is an artistic device or technique.
19.
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?
20.
LIST: 3 American playwrights. Nonrealists or realists?
21.
___________ was a famous playwright during the Elizabethan period.
22.
LIST: 4 characteristics of theatre.
23.
LIST: 2 basic genres of theatre and their symbol.
24.
LIST: name the 3 unions and who they were for.
25.
Explain a director's and an actor's role in theatre.