Intro Theatre Fall 2022 Midterm

What stage arrangement is this?

Where did theatre originate?

Saying Macbeth in a theatre will bring baaaaaad luck.

To keep the ghosts happy in a theatre, what should theatre people do?

Traditional theatre with genres of tragedy & comedy originated where?

Commedia del arte servant stock character with a low center of gravity; mischevious with catlike movements

Theatre in which actions are simultaneously occurring in several playing areas. Audience can move around.

When women were first allowed on stage, what did people think of them?

Who is this classmate of yours?

Where is the drummer located onstage?

What is the red curtain in a theatre called?

The star is located front center.

A low status character does which of these...

The space offstage where actors wait to enter

Where is the piano located onstage?

In realism, the invisible wall between the audience and the stage. The actors do not acknowledge the audience.

The very first play was inscribed on a stone in Egypt. What was it called?

What does the Greek word "theatron" mean?

Commedia del arte stock character who has a huge belly, flails his arms around as he lectures people to impress them.

The area in front of the grand drape

Type of theatre characterized by life-like acting, social issues & complex characters. Doesn't wrap up neatly at the end

Which era is this stage from?

Only men were allowed to be in Greek dramas.

Considered to be the FIRST ACTOR because he stepped out of the Greek chorus and played a character.

Which is NOT part of the definition of theatre ?

Who is this classmate of yours?

Who is this classmate of yours?

Space not intended for theatre but is converted into a production space

What was the name of the first documented play based on an Egyptian myth?

Era of theatre characterized by Christian stories told on pageant wagons; were intended to evangelize audiences

High status is better than low status.

What stage arrangement is this?

If an actor wears blue on stage, how do you counter the superstition that the theatre will go bankrupt?

Only men were allowed to be in Greek dramas.

Which stage arrangement is this?

Who is this classmate of yours?

What stage arrangement is this?

Who is this classmate of yours?

Lower class audience members who stood in front of the stage at The Globe Theatre in the Renaissance era.

Type of theatre that has a hero and a villain, a happy ending, and actors use exaggerated gestures

Instead of saying "good luck," what do you say before a show?

Movable stage used during the Medieval period for the performance of biblical stories

It is bad luck to give flowers on opening night of a play.

This crane lowered actors portraying gods to resolve the ending of plays. What is this dramatic device called?

Commedia del arte stock character who is a greedy, stingy, man. He looks around like a chicken.

The stages in Medieval theatre are called

Which is NOT a part of the definition of theatre?

Viewpoints: short movement used to communicate something to another person (i.e. peace sign, high five)

Special effects in Medieval theatre were called...

Lower class audience members who stood in front of the stage at The Globe in Renaissance era. Sometimes threw tomatoes.

Considered the FIRST ACTOR because he stepped out of the Greek chorus and impersonated a character from the dithyramb...

The place where the audience sits in the theatre is called...

Where did RITUAL, the earliest form of theatre, originate?

What does the Stage Manager do during the run of a production?

Type of antirealism that visually shows a character's internal emotions, not what is really there. i.e. makeup=anxiety

Type of antirealism focusing on the pointlessness of existence. Uses cyclical fast dialogue to show a state of mind.

Long hymns that men sang & chanted at playwriting festivals while drinking copious amounts of wine

Which era is this stage from?

The diamond is located upstage left.

The place where the audience sits in the theatre is called...

Italian Renaissance theatre that focused on physical comedy and stock characters