Theatre Appreciation Midterm

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

Mockery by exaggeration

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

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

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

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

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

Happy could be categorized as a domestic Drama

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

A political comedy

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

all of the visual elements of the production

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

Standard pattern of ten stressed and unstressed syllables

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

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

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

The art of developing a story or Dialogue in the moment

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

The fuel for creativity

Dramatizes historical events

The ability to separate the world of the play from reality

Which of the following is NOT an example of structure

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

Catharsis is the purging of emotions

Complications ensue, action occurs, and things are revealed

From the French, translates as “type”

all of the audible content of the production

Adaption changes the form of an already existing work

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

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

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

Anonymous is an adaptation

freedom from representational qualities in art

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

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

The overall statement, point, or idea of the play

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

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

Mocks those who seek to enforce cultural conventions