Duplicate of Theatre Capstone Review

A "Cold Reading" is when an actor reads from a script they haven't seen.

There was only one correct methodology for properly studying theatre history

Some of the earliest extant tragedies in western drama were written by Aeschylus, including his trilogy titled:

A piece of 3/4" plywood is almost equally strong in all directions

In blocking, ____________ lines convey strength, formality and regularity:

The high point of the plot.

The inner action of a scene is called subtext

A director's extrinsic interpretation comes from the text and materials that illuminate the text

Written by Stanislavski, it is considered to be the first modern treatise on acting

Between the "fall" of Rome and the "Rise" of liturgical drama no theatrical activity took place in Europe

Women first appeared on the English stage in

Much of commedia dell arte relied on the use of stock comic 'bits' or memorized business. These were called:

Preparing the stage for rehearsal is the task of the technical director

Stage managers routinely give lines to actors during performances

One of the most popular African American woman playwrights is

What is not part of the 4 major steps in stage composition?

In blocking, compact form suggests strength, power, energy and determination.

Hollywood style flats are lighter and easier to move than theatrical style flats

Which of the following genres was not employed by Shakespeare

The director's aim is a vital interpretation rather than a "correct" one.

The fame of the Palais Royal troupe grew primarily because Moliere's acting

Independent theaters developed in many countries to overcome censorship at the turn of the 19th to the 20th century

Paper tech is a meeting to define and record a series of technical events required to operate the production needs.

Blocking notation is usually written in ink

Among the new theatrical movements of the 20th century are

Theatre of protest during the 1950s included groups like the Living Theatre, The San Fransisco Mime group etc.

The most innovative and influential scenic designers in the 18th century Europe

Stage managers cue the actors to their entrances

Their prolific writing for the stage contributed to Spain's "Golden Age"

Theatrical style flats are usually covered in a medium grade muslin

A production stage manager is simply a glorified stage manager

French Neo-classicism was established by the french academy when it attacked

A ______ is defined as a top view of the set, a bird's eye view, as if the top of a building had been taken off.

Permanent theatre structures were constructed in Greece, In what is considered its classic era of great playwriting

The three basic components of paint are: pigment, binder and glue

An atmosphere song provides a sense of place.

The Stage Manager is in charge of daily cash receipts and probably knows the show is going to close before anyone else

One of the earliest rediscoveries of the renaissance was De Architectura . This influential work was written by:

Adolph Appia and Edward Gordon Craig helped to develop new approaches to scenic and lighting design

The two principle actors credited for originating the various "clown" characters in Shakespeare's plays

After the director leaves a production, it is the stage managers responsibility to maintain the show

Unlike most theatrical artists, the playwright usually works alone.

Kabuki is an older form of Japanese theatre than Noh

The foundation for acting is the mutual projection between actors or person to person communication

Which is not one of the Aristotle's six elements of drama?

Inigo Jones was a noted figure of the English theatre between 1605-1643. His reputation rested on his talents as

Which one of the following is an important African playwright

The producer is ultimately responsible for financing the production.

Tony Pastor started Vaudeville in America as a family entertainment

African American theatre has grown due to the efforts of companies like the:

The group theatre helped to introduce Stanislavski to young American actors while establishing many known artist '30-now

Konstantin Stanislavski developed the concept of emotional memory

The standard seam allowance is 1/4"

The actual size of a "2 by 4" is 2" by 4"

Although classic Roman theatre seldom produced tragedies, this playwright would greatly influence Renaissance tragedy

Thomas D. Rice created the character "Jim Crow" which lead to the creation of the minstrel show

An ampere is a unit of electrical current measurement

Shakespeare worked only in an outdoor theatre

A "beat" is the actor's basic unit of action

Written in 1594, it is considered to be the first opera

Early theatrical directors included the duke of Saxe-Meiningen, David Belasco and Max Reinhardt

A LORT stage manager must be a member of actors equity

Theatre is a collaborative art.

Scripts are visualized by giving a production style: realism, naturalism, symbolism, absurdism, tragedy etc

Ibsen only wrote in the style of Realism

The oldest surviving Renaissance theatre was built between 1580-1584. It was:

In Chinese opera military dramas, the predominant musical instrument is the gong.

Pixecourt established many of the conventions of farce through his plays

When the actor shows the emotions of the character rather than playing the intentions of the character the actor is:

Which if the following was not a significant contributor to English drama in the late 16th and early 17th century?

One of the first theoretical treatments of Western drama was written by Aristotle and is called

Major playwrights of the late 18th century, they are considered the "founders" of german romanticism

Peter Brook is an English director who devoted his life to the study of theatre, written books and directed many plays

A French scene is defined as:

Which is not included in an actor's given circumstances?

A well known Morality play, this anonymous work employs allegorical use of several non human characters

The first step in any area of design is research

Which genre is defined as the most serious treatment of a subject matter?

Written by Aristotle, the first major theoretical work on western drama

Much of medieval drama in England was produced out of doors, often through the use of

It's okay to let your skin contact the glass envelope of a tungsten halogen theatre lamp

The actor uses three tools: the voice, the body and the mind

Specializing in comedy, they were the major playwrights of 18th century England

A yawn is the most natural breathe you can take

The proper pace of a play is when an audience is able to follow the action and understand the play's meaning.

The theatre manager credited with introducing the box set to the English stage

The oldest extant comedy in western drama was written in Greece by:

To persuade, to seduce are examples of

Not mentioned by Aristotle, the unities of time, place, action became important concepts in neoclassic dramatic theory

The oldest acting company that stills exists is

The Inventor of the Chariot and Pole System

Fresnel style lighting instruments have an internal light shuttering system

Light board operators and sound board operators use their scripts to give cues

The crew typically arrives a half hour before the show starts

Which is not one of the actor's three resonators?

What is defined as a long speech delivered by a character in which they think aloud their inner most thoughts?

Aristotle considered the single most important element of drama to be the plot

Dennis Diderot wrote The Paradox of Acting which placed intellect and reasoning over emotion in acting

Blocking is the director's prime device for making the action clear to the audience.