ULTIMATE PERF 200 FINAL REVIEW
Which of the following theatrical conventions are part of the Yoruban performance tradition of egungun?
-colorful costumes -music and dance -wooden masks
A surviving document called the Natyasastra
-is translated as The Study of Theatre or The Art of Theatre. -describes gesture and posture to music, dance, and voice. -describes the mythological origin of theatre in India.
Which of the following are among the major themes of Carnival? Choose two.
-role reversal -renewal
Theater productions are social events that bring a group of people, the audience, to witness a performance by other people, the actors, onstage, who are themselves portraying still other people, the characters, as they interact with each other.
1. audience 2. actors 3. characters
[x] represents the earthly, human side of life, while [x] often depicts meditative or serious issues concerned with death and the afterlife.
1. kyogen 2. noh
How many rasas are recognized in the Natyasastra?
9
Which of the following plays was significant for being the first on Broadway which was written, directed, and acted by African-American theatre artists?
A Raisin in the Sun
Noh stage diagram
A- main stage B- musicians C- mirror room D- hashigakari E- chorus
Which of the following is the best description of Canboulay?
Afro-Trinidadians celebrate emancipation
Match the terms with the best description.
Aniconism - prohibition of images of people or sentient beings Hadith - compiled record of the sayings and actions of the prophet Muhammed Ta'ziyeh - mourning or condolences al-Nahda - period of renaissance or awakening beginning in the late 19th century
[x] is the name of ritual performances performed by the Taino people of the Caribbean Islands.
Arieto
This dramatist wrote plays about apartheid in South Africa, often in collaboration with black actors, which violated government bans on race mixing.
Athol Fugard
What is the name of the African-American playwright who won two Pulitzer prizes for the Pittsburgh Cycle?
August Wilson
Who is the writing of the comprehensive dramatic treatise Natyasastra (The Art of Theater) ascribed to?
Bharata Muni
Australian playwright Jimmy Chi based which play on his own experiences as a student at a Catholic boarding school?
Bran Nue Dae
The earliest known khayal al-zil performances took place in ________
Cairo, Egypt
Which playwright was the first African-American to win a Pulitzer Prize for drama?
Charles Gordone
Dramatists, or playwrights, during the Yuan Dynasty were...
Chinese scholars seeking work outside their former government positions.
Wole Soyinka's most famous play was written in 1975 and is titled _______
Dance and the King's Horseman
According to Willis Richardson, dramatizations of Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" and Gustave Flaubert's "Salammbo" were Negro plays, as they had important Negro characters.
False
Bunraku puppeteers are responsible for both operating the puppet and speaking/singing the character's dialogue.
False
Historically kathakali has been performed by both male and female dancers.
False
In "We Are Children of the Camp", performers use their voices to mimic the sounds of animals and birds native to Palestine.
False
In Beijing Opera, some of the characters are masked.
False
Kathakali performers must navigate the codified body movements as well as speaking and singing in character.
False
Maria Shevtsova claims that "Political Theatre' is only 'political' when a playwright aims to make a political statement."
False
Master Qi and the Monkey King: Peking Opera performers and musicians usually begin to study the art as adults.
False
Rex Nettleford and Errol Hill agree that if Caribbean theatre-makers combine music, dance, and drama in theatre to reflect the way that all these elements are present in Caribbean life and religions, then the result will end up looking like an American musical or European opera.
False
Sahar Assaf uses theatre as a means to incite revolution in Lebanon.
False
Sulayman al-Bassam's adaptation of Shakespeare's Richard III is performed in Arabic, with characters dressed in clothing reflective of the Persian Gulf, but the time period of the original play (late 15th century) is unchanged.
False
The Kenyan National Theatre has historically been a place for all residents of Nairobi to engage in theatre and is made accessible to all by the low ticket prices.
False
The Post Office: Amal dreams of becoming a great scholar
False
The characters in Sanskrit drama only one Sanskrit dialect, that of those living at court.
False
The performance of songs and dances by male performers at a corroboree has remained mostly unchanged for thousands of years. Stories are passed down to each new generation, and no new songs are added or adapted over time.
False
Willis Richardson believes that for Negro Drama, an excellent model, and one by which we ought to profit, is the case of the German National Theater.
False
Women have never performed in the Beijing Opera.
False
The premiere of which play led to the arrest of both authors and the closure of the theater center in which it was staged?
I Will Marry When I'm Ready
THE REDFERN STORY documents the crucial work of a group of Redfern activists who used theater to bring thhe fight for [x] to the larger public in Australia.
Indigenous rights
What does it mean for something to be ephemeral?
It lasts for only a short time.
Which of the following is NOT an element of Kabuki drama?
It utilized dolls and puppets.
A well-known Indian dance-drama form is called
Kathakali
Noongar Australian playwright Jack Davis wrote the play [x], which explores the effects of colonialism on indigenous peoples, and weaves scenes from the past and present together.
Kullark
The [x] provided to white American audiences that black actors could be successful in serious roles and that a black company could sustain itself financially.
Lafayette Players
Match the following plays to the best description.
Moana Rua- explores the human dimension of climate change through song, dance, and storytelling The Monster- allegory showing showing struggle between ethnic Fijians and Indians Bran Nue Dae- musical that tells the story of and Aboriginal boy fleeing boarding school The Dreamers- a multigenerational family deals with the legacy of colonialism
Martinique playwright Aíme Césaire is credited with starting the [x], an intellectual, political, and cultural movement dedicated to uniting people of African descent all over the world, celebrating the African traditions, recovering African history, and fighting colonialism and its effects on black people.
Negritude movement
In "Myth, Literature and the African World", who does Soyinka identify as the first actor?
Ogun
Ira Aldridge got his big break playing which Shakespearean role, traditionally played by white men in blackface, a practice that continued well into the 1960s?
Othello
Ira Aldridge was famous for being the first black man to play which role on a London stage?
Othello
Which of the following best describes the plays directed by Sahar Assaf in Lebanon?
Political
Who was the first non-European to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature?
Rabinadrath Tagore
Match the following terms to the best description.
Script - blueprint for production Willing suspension of disbelief - desire to believe what's happening on stage Aesthetic distance - separation from audience and performance Director - coordinator of all elements of a production
Which Hindu deity, known as "lord of the dance" is responsible for bringing dance to theater?
Shiva
What is the name of the Jamaican theater company dedicated to using theater as a means of addressing issues facing women, including poverty and violence?
Sistren Theatre Collective
Which of the following best describes the apartheid?
South Africa's official policy of racial separation
What is the name of the performance form that commemorates the martyrdom of Hussein?
Ta'ziyeh
Which of Shakespeare's plays has been critically analyzed and reworked by several African and Caribbean writers to comment on the politics and problems of colonialism?
The Tempest
What was the purpose of the Federal Theatre Project?
To fund American theatre artists and professionals during the Great Depression.
Male and female actors participated in Zaju of the Yuan Dynasty in China.
True
Maori theatre companies of the 20th century focused primarily on themes of social and political activism.
True
No two performances of a play are ever exactly the same.
True
Noh theater has never employed female performers.
True
Not all theater and drama will espouse a particular political cause of ideology, but no play can avoid expressing some sort of social or cultural idea.
True
Rasas are blended with skill by the actors and received by the audience with many layers.
True
Sanskrit drama and kathakali plays are primarily drawn from epic religious stories.
True
The Natyasatra includes instructions on theatrical props.
True
The earliest forms of Chinese theatre developed through the patronage of the imperial court.
True
While historically scholars characterized the Abydos Passion Play as a "missing link" between ritual and theatre, the texts left behind by the ancient Egyptians do not support the idea that Abydos is theatre or even has many of the important elements of theatre.
True
The African-American playwright, a man formerly enslaved, who wrote and partly autobiographical play called "The Escape"; or a "Leap for Freedom" was ________
Willian Wells Brown
This Nobel Prize- winning dramatist had to flee Nigeria and critiqued colonialism and racism in his work.
Wole Soyinka
Which playwright won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1986?
Wole Soyinka
China's most cherished plays come from the _______
Yuan dynasty.
Wayang kulit works by...
a light source illuminating buffalo-hide puppets onto a cloth screen.
The Natyasatra is best described as...
a sacred text of theatrical practice and theory
Zeami's seven-volume text, titled Kadensho, defines yugen as
a theory of beauty and life's impermanence.
Kabuki theatre was originated by...
a woman, however women were soon banned from the form.
Hereniko's play "The Monster" is best described as _______
an allegory.
The Redfern activists were strongly influenced by the [x] movement in the United States.
black power
In "The Ground on Which I Stand", August Wilson claims that...
black theater isn't funded.
Hashigakiri function on the noh stage as
bridges that connect the stage with side passages.
Master Qi and the Monkey King: The orchestra for Peking Opera does not have a conductor. Instead the musicians follow the lead of the musician playing which instruments?
clappers and drum
Performance is often referred to [x] because of various elements of the form function as a particular type of language, a system of communication between performer and audience.
codified
The use of costumes, masks, song and dance, poetic language, and realistic scenery are all examples of the wide array of theatrical ________
conventions
Which of the following terms best describes an Australian Aboriginal performance combining stories from the Dreamtime, with the landscape and its current inhabitants?
corroboree
Match the vocabulary to the best description.
dialogue- what characters say aloud to themselves, each other, or to the audience text- the words on the page subtext- the underlying meaning of the words the characters choose to use; unspoken thoughts, feelings, and intentions context- social situation, character relationships, the ideas be contested
Which of the following performance traditions most reflects colonial influences as European spirits posses African practitioners causing them to behave like colonial administrators and soldier?
hauka
The audiences of Noh Theatre are best described as _______
highly educated.
Which of the following best describes the two styles of bunraku plays?
historical and domestic
The most common performance space for Ta'ziyeh is called takiyeh. The raised platform stage allows the audience to view the action of the play...
in the round, with the audience surrounding the stage
The [x], a Trinidadian dance, is believed to represent the physical circumstances of slaves during the "Middle Passage."
limbo
The human tendency to play games and the instinct for playfulness, factors that may have been vital in the development of theater, is known as the [x] impulse.
ludic
Which of the following best describes the two primary styles of Beijing Opera?
military and civilian
The human tendency to imitate, act, and pretend, factors that may have been vital in the development of theater, is known as the [x] impulse.
mimetic
The Trinidadian stilt-walking dance known as [x], is named for a West African spirit who watches over villages thanks to his towering height.
moko jumbie
Which prop is used in both "We Are Children of the Camp" and "Alive From Palestine?"
newspapers
Kabuki incorporates elements of which other performance practice?
noh and bunraku
Wayang kulit is best characterized as _______
shadow puppetry
Props such as folding fans are used in noh drama to...
symbolize emotions and other objects.
The major theme of the play Moana Rua is...
the effects of climate change.
Sanskrit dramas were not popular among the general public because...
the general public did not know Sanskrit.
Which of the following is NOT among the functions of documentary theater?
to intermingle fact and fiction
