Theatre Appreciation Midterm Review

Theatre that involves singing and dancing.

What is the main aspect that sets theatre about from other art forms?

A Thrust Stage has audience members...

Who creates a unified concept for an entire production?

The main focus or "content" of theatre is always about: 

Medieval Period plays were usually...

Restoration era plays were often...

The Elizabethan era of Theatre was vibrant and lively.

A crane-like device used to lower actors on and off the stage in Ancient Greece.

Theatre in the Round has audience members...

Prose is...

Theatre that actively seeks to represent a wide range of cultures, identities, and experiences on stage

Performance art is very solidified and does not evolve.

What is "form," in theatre?

The Three Shakespearean play categories...

Spoken drama with music accompanying.

A "seeing place" 

Not much happens in a Greek Tragedy.

Theatre originated...

A Proscenium stage has audience members...

Audience members should...

Which one of these individuals is NOT one of the big three Ancient Greek Playwrights?

The "Father of Realism"

Audience members must use ____ to temporarily set aside their version of everyday reality.

In Greek drama, this was the group of ensemble members who helped to tell the societal perspective of the story.

Kind of theatre where the body of the performer is most important

The God of Theatre

Something is considered "art" if it...

A Traditional Tragedy turns the accepted notion of things upside down.

What is theatre's tense?

A Traverse stage has audience members...

Who has the job of scheduling and running rehearsals?

Realism...

Expressionism...

The main difference between participatory and observed theatre is that the actors do not break the fourth wall.

The first actor

Theatre with silly or turned-upside-down plots, ridiculous scenarios, and running around.

Verse is...

What are the essential ingredients of theatre?