Intro Theatre Fall 2022 Midterm

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

High status is better than low status.

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

The area in front of the grand drape

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

What stage arrangement is this?

Special effects in Medieval theatre were called...

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

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

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

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

What is the red curtain in a theatre called?

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

Who is this classmate of yours?

Who is this classmate of yours?

Only men were allowed to be in Greek dramas.

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

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

Which is NOT part of the definition of theatre ?

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

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

Saying Macbeth in a theatre will bring baaaaaad luck.

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

Who is this classmate of yours?

Who is this classmate of yours?

The diamond is located upstage left.

Where did theatre originate?

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

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

Where is the drummer located onstage?

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

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

What stage arrangement is this?

Italian Renaissance theatre that focused on physical comedy and stock characters

What does the Greek word "theatron" mean?

Which stage arrangement is this?

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

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

What stage arrangement is this?

Where is the piano located onstage?

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

Which era is this stage from?

The star is located front center.

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

Which era is this stage from?

Who is this classmate of yours?

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

A low status character does which of these...

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

The space offstage where actors wait to enter

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

Only men were allowed to be in Greek dramas.

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

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

Which is NOT a part of the definition of theatre?

Traditional theatre with genres of tragedy & comedy originated where?

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

The stages in Medieval theatre are called

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

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

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