Theater finals second half
The death of Mao Zedong in China spurred what?
An opening of China to the Western world Certain traditional theatre forms becoming popular again A blending of Chinese and western theatre traditions
During the eighteenth century, the Bibiena family introduced what type of perspective to the world of theatrical scenery?
Angular or multipoint perspective
Which pioneer of realism wrote a full gallery of characters where stories overlapped and built on one another?
Anton Chekov
What playwright was primarily associated with the Theatre of Cruelty movement?
Antonin Artaud
Which of the following playwrights' tragedies did NOT survive to the present day?
Aristophanes
Which of the following is a characteristic of Noh Theatre?
Actors move in a highly stylized fashion, Actors alternate sections of chanting with heightened speech, Costumes are of great elegance
Which tragic Greek playwright is considered the first playwright to create true dramatic exchange between characters by adding a second actor?
Aeschylus
The American government outlawed many Native ceremonies in the 19th century. What reversed this?
American Indian Religious Freedom Act of 1972
Theatre artists who tried to bridge the gap between realism and antirealism were associated with what strand of Modern Theatre?
Eclecticism
Death was not performed onstage in Greek theatre, but it was sometimes revealed through a type of wheeled platform that wheeled characters onstage from inside a building. What was this platform called?
Ekkyklema
Who helped stimulate the development of professional theatre through politics?
Elizabeth I
T/F: During the latter half of the 20th century, Asian Americans appeared in drama only as stereotypes.
False
True or False: The English were opposed to the soliloquy whereas the Italians welcomed the poetic device.
False
True or False: With Italian Neoclassical Ideals, the chorus and young lover characters were banished.
False
Why were Euripides plays criticized at the time they were written?
For the nature of the protagoists
What country did English royalty and nobles bring theatrical influences back from?
France
Idealized war and the machine age
Futurism
What strand of Modern Theatre involves the mutual influences of theatre from around the world?
Globalization or Multiculturalism
How did totalitarian governments use theatre to their advantage?
Government supported theatres became instruments of propaganda through realism
In Renaissance Italy, what type of style did the Opera grow from?
Greek Tragedy
What furnished the stories for most Greek drama?
Greek myths
Dottore
Lawyer or Doctor
In Commedia, what was the only group of characters that did NOT wear masks?
Lovers/Innamorati
Besides dramatic realism, which other type of theatrical genre did Euripides influence?
Melodrama
There are four types of characters that were staples in Chinese theatrical works. Which of the following is NOT one of those types?
Nanxi
What aspect of the dialogue in Euripides' plays was one of the earliest impacts on dramatic realism?
Natural speech patterns
Which of the following is an extreme form of realism where dramatic action should look like a "slice of life"?
Naturalism
What type of set was commonly used for antirealistic genres?
Unit Set
Which of the following is NOT a common aspect of all Asian theatre?
Utilize puppetry
Roman writer, Terence, put more emphasis on ________ in his plays.
Verbal wit
Kabuki theatre was characterized by what?
Vibrant makeup and use of facial expression, the Mie, Plays divided into several acts of loosely connected episodes
Which of the following is NOT a function of the Chorus?
Visual interest
Theatrical realism is often seen as having serious limitations as it excludes what?
all, (Supernatural Symbolism Fantasy)
In the present forms of Performance Art, individuals present what?
autobiographical material
How many plays remain from the Indian Golden Age?
between 50 and 60
Featured a story that was typically frivolous combined with enduring popular songs.
book musical
In the eighteenth century, how did theatre evolve to accommodate the growing middle class?
both (They became much larger, They were built as egg-shaped, improving sightlines
Capitano
braggart ad coward
In Noh theatre, what is the stage proper called?
butai
Off-Broadway theatre developed in the 1950s as an alternative to what?
commercial Broadway
Built around an idea and also supported the ascendancy of choreographers as directors
concept musical
Greek drama originated out of the ____________________, a group of fifty men who sang and danced a hymn praising a specific Greek god.
dithyrambic chorus
Pantalone
elderly Venetian merchant
Instructs by alienating the audience, created intellectual climate for social change
epic theater
Based on the belief that existence has little meaning, humanity is alone in an irrational universe, and the only significant thing we can do is accept responsibility for our own actions
existentialism
Representation of reality was distorted in order to communicate inner feelings, highly subjective
expressionism
Takes source material from movies
film adaptation musical
Which of the following is NOT a theme of Medea?
forgiveness
Takes source material from a popular band, musician, or musical artist and strings songs together with a loose plot
jukebox musical
What was the most popular form of Japanese theatre throughout the 17th century?
kabuki
Which type of Japanese theatre utilized the Mie, a stylized pose struck by the principal character?
kabuki
Today's theatre art does what with changes in our global society?
mirrors
Arlecchino (Harlequin)
most popular of the Zanni, usually an acrobat or a dancer
lovers
most realistic roles, actors dressed fashionably
We are now in a period know as________________, which reflects issues of power in art.
postmodernism
In sentimental comedy, the subject matter and story what?
reaffirmed the morality of the middle class
In early manifestations of Performance Art, what was eliminated from the work?
story character text
Operated under the belief that the subconscious is the highest plane of reality
surrealism
Presented the mystery of being and the infinite qualities of the human spirit, expressing inner truth rather than representing life realistically.
symbolism
T/F: Playwright Wole Soyinka's work led to his arrest and imprisonment in Nigeria.
true
True or False: Public theatres in Elizabethan England were outdoor spaces in which circulating vendors sold wine, beer, ale, nuts, and even playing cards.
true
Medieval plays were typically performed on what?
wagon stages
Zeami Motokiyo is still considered the most important figure in the history of which type of Japanese theatre?
Noh
What is the only Italian Renaissance theatrical form that has survived to modern-day?
Opera
Bunraku utilizes a narrator. Which of the following is NOT something the narrator does during Bunraku performances?
Plays music to accompany the story
Opera is a close relative of what genre of theatre?
The American Musical
What was the first play that brought gay life to the forefront?
The Boys in the Band
Where were nonreligious plays staged in Spain?
The Corrales
In southeast Asia, shadow plays utilized flat puppets to tell stories. Who manipulated the puppets?
The Dalang
____________________ in the 1930s was meant to help theatre artists through the Depression and employed thousands of African American writers, performers, and technicians.
The Federal Theatre Project
What does Medea help Jason steal in his quest for power?
The Golden Fleece
What work describes the mythological origin of Indian Theatre?
The Natyasastra
True or False: In Italian Commedia, performers played the same stock characters throughout most of their careers.
True
Restoration theatre architecture included what onstage?
Two Doors under a balcony on either side of the stage
Why did the French Renaissance peak later than other European countries?
A religious civil war was taking place in France between Protestants and Catholics.
When did we see the emergence of the Director?
18th Century
Out of an estimated 900 tragedies produced in Greece in the 5th century, how many survived to the present day?
31
Theatre during the Yuan Dynasty is compared to what other type of world theatre?
5th Century Greek Theatre
What was one of the most influential plays written in the 1950s during the explosion of Black theatre?
A Raisin in the Sun
Why were shadow plays called such?
A cloth separated the audience and a single flame. The puppeteer manipulated the flat puppets in front of the flame to cast shadows on the cloth.
Who wrote The Poetics, the single most important piece of dramatic criticism in existence?
Aristotle
Why was the Restoration period called such?
Because it was the period that coincided with the restoration of the English monarchy
What playwright was primarily associated with the Epic Theatre movement?
Bertolt Brecht
What is a line of poetry or prose in unrhymed iambic pentameter called?
Blank Verse
What is a type of set in which flats are cleated together at angles to form walls of a three-dimensional room?
Box Set
The French were probably the first Europeans (after the Romans) to do what?
Construct permanent theatre buildings
Roman acting technique emphasized detailed pantomime and what?
Broad physical gestures
Which type of Japanese theatre utilized puppets, each operated by 3 people?
Bunraku
Romans enjoyed a larger variety of entertainments than the Greeks. Which of the following is an example of an event the Romans would have hosted?
Chariot racing, wrestling, acrobatics
Which of the following are types of Latinx Theatre?
Chicano Cuban American Nuyorican
What is a full-length secular play that usually deals with love and honor?
Comedias
Greek drama was presented in honor of which god?
Dionysus
During the 18th Century, and new form of French drama formed. What was it called?
Drame
Which of the following are characteristics of the acting style of the eighteenth century?
Emphasis on performer's oratorical skills Used standardized patterns of movement due to short rehearsal time Lines often addressed to audience instead of other characters
Which tragic Greek playwright treated gods skeptically in his plays and portrayed female characters sympathetically?
Euripides
Which of the following is NOT an instrument or musical ensemble used to accompany a form of Asian Theatre?
Hanamichi
Further attempts to supersede traditional theatre
Happenings, multimedia, environmental, poor theater
In Noh theatre, what is the bridge that leads from the dressing room to the stage called?
Hashigakari
Which pioneer of realism presented taboo subjects that often got him censored?
Henrik Ibsen
Who does Medea kill?
Her children, Glauce, King Creon
Which of the following is true of developments in nineteenth-century directing?
Historical accuracy in scenery and costume was more important. Larger emphasis on creating a unified stage picture Allowed more time for rehearsal
Which playwrights double as pioneers of both realism and antirealism?
Ibsen & Strindberg
What happened to the theatrical tradition during the Ming Dynasty?
It became more ornate and artificial
Many of the French theatrical conventions were copied from what country?
Italy
Which country was the center of activity during the Renaissance?
Italy
Who was the greatest playwright of early theatre in India?
Kalidasa
What is a well-known Indian form of dance-drama?
Kathakali
What theatrical genre seeks to make everything onstage resemble observable, everyday life through credibility and sense of identification?
Realism
What is the chief source in recent years of new theatrical works in the US?
Regional Theatre
Which period of theatre history saw a surge in female playwrights becoming more common, as well as more women appearing onstage?
Restoration
Who is often credited with being the first director to dim the house lights (lights over the audience space) to direct focus to the stage?
Richard Wagner
What type of dramatic genre rejected artistic rules, kept to episodic dramatic structure, and showcased a romantic hero who was a social outcast?
Romanticism
Exposure to the devices of theatre to make the audience conscious of watching a performance
Russian Theatricalism
What do we call early theatre that took place in India?
Sanskrit Drama
In Italy, the increasing use of large scenic pieces led to the development of what?
Scene shift machinery
What did the four pillars in the auditorium of Indian drama indicate?
Seating assignments for the castes
Southeast Asian Shadow Plays were used to enact what?
Sections of great Hindu Epics
What is special about Medea?
She is a sorceress
What happens to Medea at the end of the play?
She is carried away to Athens by a winged chariot
Why can't Medea go back to her home country when Jason betrays her?
She killed her brother and betrayed her father because of her love for Jason
What branch of Japanese theatre represents the Japanese genre of realism?
Shingeki
Which belief systems or religions did early Japanese theatre draw its influence from?
Shinto & Buddhism
Comedies of Manners primarily poked fun at what?
Social conventions of the upper class
During the Renaissance, which country produced the greatest number of dramatic works?
Spain
Early theatre in China was linked to the patronage of what?
The imperial court
Christopher Marlowe was known for what?
The musicality of his Blank Verse
Emphasis on bombarding the sensory, believed western theatre was antithetical to its ritualistic origins because of its emphasis on language
Theater of cruelty
Combined existentialist philosophy with revolutionary, avant-garde dramatic form, reflected ridiculousness and absurdity in dramatic action
Theater of the absurd
What was different about the Italians' genre of Commedia dell'arte?
There was no set text, actions and dialogue were invented as actors performed
Who is believed to be the first actor in theatre?
Thespis
What part do Medea and Jason's children play in her plot of revenge?
They deliver poisoned items to Glauce
How were French acting companies structured?
Through a sharing plan, which also allowed women to become shareholders
