Names Intro Theatre Spring 2024 + Spring 2024 Intro Theatre Midterm

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

Where did theatre originate?

What stage arrangement is this?

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

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

Viewpoints:  How quickly or slowly something happens

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

Which era is this stage from?

In Medieval theatre, the special effects were called…

I can tell you one thing a costume designer does. "Design costumes" doesn't count.

Who is this classmate of yours?

Who is this classmate of yours?

Who is this classmate of yours?

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

A theatrical sound that plays during an entire scene to show location or emotion is called:

Italian Renaissance theatre that focused on physical comedy and stock characters

What stage arrangement is this?

Who is this classmate of yours?

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

In the English Renaissance, Shakespeare’s male and female roles were played by men.

Which stage arrangement is this?

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

I can answer questions about the play Arid that we read in class. (if the answer is false, your better review!)

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

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

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

I can explain one theatre superstition and how to dispel the "bad luck."

The diamond is located upstage left.

Where is the piano located onstage?

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

Who is this classmate of yours?

A theatrical sound that is made live onstage (i.e. a door slam) is called a:

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.

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

The area in front of the grand drape

Who is this classmate of yours?

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

Viewpoints: The distance between people, objects, set pieces, etc.

Viewpoints:  nonverbal sound (i.e. UGHHH, sighing, laughing) is called:

A short theatrical sound that is recorded (i.e. car horn) is called:

The star is located front center.

The space offstage where actors wait to enter

What is considered the first realism play by Henrik Ibsen about the end of marriage between Nora and Torvald Helmer?

Only men were allowed to be in Greek dramas.

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

Japanese style of theatre founded by female temple dancer Izumo Okuni. Had bold makeup and expensive costumes

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

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

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

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

What stage arrangement is this?

Which era is this stage from?

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