Thea 100 Exam #3 Review SP 22

"Theatre" comes from the Greek word "theatron."

An expert's opinion of a play, often published in newspaper or online.

Accepting the world of the play over that of our everyday reality.

Which of these is NOT one of Aristotle's six elements of drama?

Dramatic criticism offers a scholarly interpretation and academic analysis of a play.

Includes painting, drawing, sketching, and anything involving line and color in two dimensions.

Designed to support the heritage, customs, and POV of a particular people, religion, class, country, or community.

Allows playwrights, directors, and actors to express their personal opinions about current issues, trends, and politics.

Theatre tends to value the voice of the artist vs the values of the audience.

Theatre differs from film in that stage actors are given many chances to get it right.

This type of theatre promotes a particular people's cultural identity.

Which branch of philosophy deals with the nature and expression of beauty?

Includes architecture and sculpture.

The physical distance between the audience and the stage/actors.

This term means to prudishly remove erroneous, vulgar, obscene, or objectionable material before publication.

The altering, restricting, or suppressing of information, images, or words.

Art does not come to life until someone experiences it.

The imaginary wall between the actors and the audience.

This type of theatre does not offer a realistic illusion on stage and the actors openly acknowledge the audience.

Which of the following is not one of Goethe's 3 questions for play analysis?

Theatre is a playwright's medium.

In this type of theatre, actors never acknowledge the presence of the audience.

This government agency is often questioned as to whether or not the government should stay out of the arts.

In film, directors have more control than they do in theatre.

An attempt to overcome all forms of discrimination so that people can coexist as well as achieve a pluralistic society.

Presents dramas that use styles, themes, and staging from a particular historical period.

By the 1900s Second Avenue in NYC had so many Jewish theatres it was known as...

Designed to appeal to a majority of people, thereby filling lots of seats and ideally making lots of money.

Includes poetry, novels, and short stories

Reviews of shows are opinion-based evaluations.

This type of theatre mixes different cultures in order to find understanding among them.

Includes theatre, music, dance, film, and TV.

When humans have a tendency to act and react differently when they are in a group vs when they are alone.

Which type of theatre objects to the dominant culture's control and demands that a minority culture's voice be heard?

Attributing a generalized identity to people unlike themselves.

Audiences are passive when watching live theatre.

Which is NOT an exception to freedom of speech?

Breaks down barriers by involving the audience, using new staging techniques, & questioning the nature of theatre itself