Duplicate of Theatre Capstone Review

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

Tony Pastor started Vaudeville in America as a family entertainment

An ampere is a unit of electrical current measurement

A production stage manager is simply a glorified stage manager

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

Pixecourt established many of the conventions of farce through his plays

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

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

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

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

Fresnel style lighting instruments have an internal light shuttering system

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

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

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

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

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

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

The crew typically arrives a half hour before the show starts

Stage managers routinely give lines to actors during performances

Among the new theatrical movements of the 20th century are

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

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

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

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

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

A yawn is the most natural breathe you can take

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

The standard seam allowance is 1/4"

Theatrical style flats are usually covered in a medium grade muslin

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

Which of the following genres was not employed by Shakespeare

Konstantin Stanislavski developed the concept of emotional memory

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

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

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

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

One of the most popular African American woman playwrights is

Theatre is a collaborative art.

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

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

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

There was only one correct methodology for properly studying theatre history

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

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

The first step in any area of design is research

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

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

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

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

Stage managers cue the actors to their entrances

The oldest acting company that stills exists is

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The producer is ultimately responsible for financing the production.

The inner action of a scene is called subtext

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

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

To persuade, to seduce are examples of

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

Which one of the following is an important African playwright

Ibsen only wrote in the style of Realism

Kabuki is an older form of Japanese theatre than Noh

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

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

Blocking notation is usually written in ink

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

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

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

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

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

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

A LORT stage manager must be a member of actors equity

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

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

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

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

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

Women first appeared on the English stage in

A French scene is defined as:

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

Unlike most theatrical artists, the playwright usually works alone.

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

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

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

The Inventor of the Chariot and Pole System

An atmosphere song provides a sense of place.

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

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

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

The high point of the plot.

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

Shakespeare worked only in an outdoor theatre