theatre 1000 final exam

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Which of the following playwrights' tragedies did NOT survive to the present day?

Aristophanes

Much Ado Characters: Borachio

Crucial in plot to discredit Hero's virtue

What type of scenic element did the filmed production of Much Ado use?

A turntable

Which tragic Greek playwright is considered the first playwright to create true dramatic exchange between characters by adding a second actor?

Aeschylus

Lighting Changes: Black-Out

All lights are shut off at once

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?

All of these

Which of the following is a characteristic of Noh Theatre?

All of these

_______________________ were built into hillsides and held between 15,000 and 17,000 spectators.

Amphitheaters

Death was not performed onstage in Greek theater, but it was sometimes revealed through a type if wheeled platform that wheeled characters onstage from inside a building. What was this platform called?

Ekkyklema

The removal of an unstressed syllable or letter from a word or phrase (which is replaced with an apostrophe) is called what?

Elision

Who helped stimulate the development of professional theater through politics ?

Elizabeth I

True or False: Borachio places large sunglasses on Margaret to make her look like Hero when he makes love to her in view of Claudio & Don Pedro

False

True or False: Claudio accuses Hero of infidelity in a private chamber in Leonato's house

False

True or False: Claudio is the most socially powerful person in the play

False

True or False: Light plots cannot be used to determine what type of lighting instruments should be used to accomplish the lighting design

False

True or False: Margaret knowingly helped Borachio & Don John in their plot against Hero

False

True or False: The English were opposed to the soliloquy whereas the Italians welcomed the poetic device.

False

True or False: The light plot does NOT include information on which areas of the stage each lighting instrument is focused to

False

True or False: With Italian Neoclassical Ideals, the chorus & young lover characters were banished.

False

Characteristics of lighting instruments: Soft-Edged Spotlights

Fresnels & Parabolic Alumnized Reflectors fall into this category

What furnished the stories for most Greek drama?

Greek Myths

Roman Comedy is a direct outgrowth of what type of comedy?

Greek New Comedy

In what language was liturgical drama written?

Latin

Lighting Changes: Fade

Lights dim slowly

Lighting Changes: Split Cross-Fade

Lights that are coming up are on a different fade count from the lights coming down

Which of the following is NOT a type of Vernacular play?

Liturgical Play

Much Ado Characters: Claudio

Love interest of Hero, deceived by plot to discredit Hero

Believing his wrongful accusations have caused the death of his lover, what does Claudio agree to do for his penance?

Marry his lover's "cousin"

After Elizabeth's reign, a new theatrical form emerged in the royal court that was intended to praise the monarch through mythological allegory. What were works in this new form called?

Masques

Much Ado Characters: Don Pedro

Military leader & prince, rejected by Beatrice for marriage

Elements of Stage Lighting: Transitions

Movement

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 type of Greek Comedy dealt with romantic & domestic problems?

New Comedy

Characteristics of lighting instruments: Floodlights, strip lights, & border lights

Used for cycloramas or ground rows

Which of the following is NOT a common aspect of all Asian theater?

Utilize puppetry

Roman writer, Terence, put more emphasis on ______________ in his plays.

Verbal wit

Kabuki theatre was characterized by what?

Vibrant makeup & use of facial expression, The Mie, & Plays divided into several acts of loosely connected episodes

Much Ado Characters: Don John

Villain & author of plot to discredit Hero's virtue

Which of the following is NOT a function of the chorus

Visual Interest

Medieval plays were typically performed on what?

Wagon-stages

Even though he was one of the greatest playwrights in history, he did not invent anything new about the art form. Who is he?

William Shakespeare

In what time period is this filmed production of Much Ado set?

the 1980's

What is the number one function & priority of stage lighting?

to provide visibility

Much Ado Characters: Leonato

Nobleman of Messina & Beatrice's uncle

Zeami Motokiyo is still considered the most important figure in the history of which type of Japanese theatre?

Noh

What type of Greek Comedy made fun of social, political, & cultural conditions?

Old Comedy

Lighting Changes: Cross-Fade

One set of lights come down while another comes up

What is the only Italian Renaissance theatrical form that has survived modern-day?

Opera

Bunraku utilizes a narrator. Which of the following is NOT something the narrator does during Bunraku performance?

Plays music to accompany the story

Which of the following is NOT an objective or function of stage lighting?

Provide the director with a way to create blocking

In Spain, what did they adopt to continue to produce religious dramas throughout the golden age & beyond?

Techniques of medieval religious drama

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

What work describes the mythological origin of Indian Theater?

The Natyasastra

True or False: Benedick accidentally covers himself in white paint while eavesdropping on the conversation about Beatrice being in love with him

True

True or False: Dogberry is an ass

True

True or False: Don John is the illegitimate brother to Don Pedro

True

True or False: Don Pedro woos Hero for Claudio

True

True or False: Gobo and template placement can be found on the light plot

True

True or False: In Italian Commedia, performers played the same stock characters throughout most of their careers.

True

True or False: Public theaters in Elizabethan England were outdoor spaces in which circulating vendors sold wine, beer, ale, nuts & even playing cards.

True

True or False: Sound Reproduction is the use of motivated or environmental sounds

True

True or False: Sound reinforcement is the amplification of sounds

True

True or False: The Pole & Chariot System of moving scenery allowed all scenic shutters belonging to the same scene to be moved at once, increasing the efficiency of scenery shifts.

True

True or False: The location & color of each lighting instrument can be found on the light plot

True

True or False: This story takes place in the Italian city of Messina

True

Why did the French Renaissance peak later than other European countries?

A religious civil war was taking place in France between Protestants & Catholics

The French were probably the first Europeans (after the Romans) to do what?

Construct permanent theater buildings

Out of an estimated 900 tragedies produced in Greece in the 5th century, how many survived to the present day?

31

Theater during the Yuan Dynasty is compared to what other type of world theater?

5th Century Greek Theater

What is a gobo or template?

A circular item with an image or pattern cut out so that light passing through projects the image/pattern onto the set

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

How many plays remain from the Indian Golden Age?

Between 50-60

What subject matter did Cycle plays cover?

Biblical events

What is a line of poetry or prose in unrhymed iambic pentameter called?

Blank Verse

Roman acting technique emphasized detailed pantomime & what?

Broad physical gestures

Much Ado Characters: Dogberry

Bumbling constable/head of the Night's Guard

Which type of Japanese theatre utilized puppets, each operated by 3 people?

Bunraku

In Noh theater, what is the stage proper called?

Butai

Characteristics of lighting instruments: Automated or moving lights

Can alter focus, color-change, & project patterns all within the instrument itself

Characteristics of lighting instruments: Ellipsoidal Reflector spotlights

Can utilize gobos & templates, can be used as a followspot, can alter focal length of beam with the use of barrels

Elements of Stage Lighting: Gels

Color

What is a Spanish full-length secular play that usually deals with love & honor?

Comedias

Much Ado Characters: Hero

Daughter of Leonato, concedes to fake own death

Greek drama was presented in honor of which god?

Dionysus

Elements of Stage Lighting: Angle

Distribution

Greek drama originated out of the ______________ , a group of fifty men who sang & danced a hymn praising a specific Greek god.

Dithyrambic Chorus

Who saves the day by discovering the plot to deceive Don Pedro & Claudio into thinking Hero has been unfaithful?

Dogberry & his misfit Watch

During the scene in which Benedick overhears that Beatrice is in love with him, who are the 3 characters contriving to pass on this false information?

Don Pedro, Claudio, Leonato

Which tragic Greek Playwright treated gods skeptically in his plays & portrayed female characters sympathetically?

Euripides

Which of the following is NOT an instrument or musical ensamble used to accompany a form of Asian Theater?

Hanamichi

In Noh theater, what is the bridge that leads from the dressing room to the stage called?

Hashigakari

Much Ado Characters: Beatrice

Hero's cousin, who scorns men & doesn't wish to marry

Much Ado Characters: Margaret

Hero's serving woman

Elements of Stage Lighting: Dimmers

Intensity

What happened to the theatrical tradition during the Ming Dynasty?

It became more ornate & artificial

Many of the French theatrical conventions were copied from what country?

Italy

Which country was the center of activity during the Renaissance?

Italy

What was the most popular form of Japanese theater throughout the 17th century?

Kabuki

Which type of Japanese theater utilized the Mie, a stylized pose struck by the principal character?

Kabuki

Who was the greatest playwright of early theatre in India?

Kalidasa

What is a well-known Indian form of dance-drama?

Kathakali

As Italian theatrical scenery advanced, it moved away from a Formal/Architectural look into a more ________________ look.

Representational

Who wrote The for Scandal?

Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Roman writer, Plautus, dealt exclusively with what in his writings?

Romance and domestic situations

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

Much Ado Characters: Benedick

Scorns marriage & women, but falls in love with Beatrice

What did 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

Who was the most notable tragic Roman playwright?

Seneca

During the scene in which Beatrice is eavesdropping on Hero & Ursula's conversation, what happens to her?

She is hooked to a painter's pulley system & hoisted in the air

Which belief systems or religious did early Japanese theatre draw its influence from?

Shinto & Buddhism

What is a lengthy speech in which a character, alone onstage, expresses their thoughts aloud?

Soliloquy

In what language was vernacular drama written?

The common language of the day

Early theater in China was linked to the patronage of what?

The imperial court

Christopher Marlowe was known for what?

The musicality of his Blank Verse

What was different about the Italians' genre of Commedia dell'arte?

There was no set text, actions & dialogue were invented as actors performed

Who is believed to be the first actor in the theater?

Thespis

How were French acting companies structured?

Through a sharing plan, which also allowed women to become shareholders

What are the 3 unities of Neoclassism?

Time, Place, Action


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