Theater appreciation

spectacular stage effects chariot races and houses burning down were fairly commonplace and extremely popular in the theater during the

19th century

Robert Edmond believed a stage setting is incomplete until

A performer is on the stage

Objective of the scene designer does not include

Assisting in the blocking of the production

Flat

Canvas stretched on wood with the side facing the audience painted to look like a solid wall

Turntable

Circular revolving unit that is set into the floor which can turn mechanically to bring on set into view as another disappears

Scrim

Cloth screen painted and lit from the front appears solid but when lit from behind becomes transparent

Costume designers rarely meet the actors who wear the costumes

False

Undergarments are not a concern of the costume designer

False

True

Full stage evocative scene designs can offer such an imaginative central image that stage design has even become an essential aspect of major rock concert tours

Wagon

Low platform on wheels

Model

Small 3 dimensional version of a set

Stage right and stage left mean the right and left side from the perspective of

The performers facing the audience

Rough sketch that provides the basis for farther discussion between the director and designer

Thumbnail

Invention of Velcro and the use of whopper poppers are a quick change

True

Makeup and wigs are the costume designers responsibility

True

Masks can be used to create stereotypes

True

Stage set should tell the audience

When and where the play takes place and what kind of characters are in the play