Theatre Appreciation Midterm

Reflects the struggles of lovers to be together, often ends happily

Convergent thinking is trying to come up with as many solutions as possible

Complications ensue, action occurs, and things are revealed

The point of maximum dramatic conflict/crisis. The point at which something must change

the literary character of the text, it’s language and tone

The art of developing a story or Dialogue in the moment

Climactic structure is by far the most common structure you will find

all of the audible content of the production

people’s early attempts to understand what couldn't be explained in the world around them

Fasted Paced, Physical Comedy... Often involves mistaken Identity and sexual misbehavior

Mocks those who seek to enforce cultural conventions

The fuel for creativity

Dramatizes historical events

the point in the character's journey at which the playwright decides to begin telling their story

Mockery by exaggeration

This type of tragedy focuses on those with high social position, with significant power/responsibility

Pastiche is the combination of different styles to create a new work

the text as the author(s) wrote it. It exists as literature, but not yet as theater

all of the visual elements of the production

Works from the source material, strives for accuracy as well as impact

The ability to give ourselves over to the story and believe in the world of the play and it’s characters

the execution of the planned Production at one moment for one audience

The structure and action of the play. What happens and how you find out about it

the moment where the action of the play begins. Our dramatic conflict is established

the collaborative efforts of a group of artists that create a living embodiment of the Play for an audience to see

Anonymous is an adaptation

A political comedy

Happy could be categorized as a domestic Drama

The ability to separate the world of the play from reality

Standard pattern of ten stressed and unstressed syllables

Which of the following is NOT an example of structure

Catharsis is the purging of emotions

Aesthetic Distance is the ability to give yourself over to the world of the play

the results of the climax are established, the main plotline is wrapped up

freedom from representational qualities in art

The overall statement, point, or idea of the play

An Embellished story about the past and it's hero's

The ability to be physically aware of yourself while also functioning as a character

Past events, ideas, character details, and other information that is necessary to the story

Adaption changes the form of an already existing work

the point in the characters journey at which the playwright decides to begin telling their story

From the French, translates as “type”

character types that appear in many different literary forms across time, place, and culture

change takes hold, loose ends are tied up, sometimes we see the long term consequences of action