MID TERM REVIEW THEATER 2000 Dr Osborne October 2012 Name two requirements for theatre Audience and liveliness Actors and text What does gesamtkunstwerk mean Complete or total artwork Richard Wagner came up with this What is the mimetic impulse Inborn desire to imitate From poetics Aerostatle What is a theatrical convention Rules that the audience gives What is the NEA National endowment for the arts When did the Greek theatre officially begin 534 bce Thespus Who began Greek theater Give an example of a roman para theatrical Chariot races beast wars gladiators What is catharsis Emotional perging They wanted to get rid of the fear and pity Name the 3 famous Greek tragedians discussed in lecture Aeschylus Sophocles and Euripides Name one type of machinery used in Ancient Greek theatre Day of seis majina Ekkyklema mechane ekkyklema is considered the little red wagon of theatre Who wrote lysistrata Aristophanes What does lysistrata want the women to do to end the war Not have sex with the men and take over acropolis Lysistrata takes place in what city Which women tournament s her husband when he comes back with something Athens Myrrhine What is the oath of the black if they break it The oath The wine will turn to water Conversions of traditional African theatre Include 3 Music Not for realism Dancing masks Athol Fugard wrote Master Harold And the boys Thiong s story was what I ll marry when you want Tyler Perry s Madea and Shelly Garrett s beauty shop what kind of cerquit Chitlin cirquit WEB DUBois believed it should have 4 qualities For us by us near us and about us What play ran continuously for more than 80 years Uncle toms cabin Gem is part of a ten play cycle called The century cycle or Pittsburgh Who burns down the mill Solly two kings Why does citizen need his soul washed How old is aunt ester 285 years old Aunt ester sends citizen to find Stole nails and killed Garrett brown But he drowned Two side by side pennies and a piece of iron from Jilson Grant Name two of the six tools of the playwright Language themes characters plot conflict and world of the play PLOT STRUCTURE DIAGRAM AERISTOTALIAN OR CLIMATIC PLOT STRUCTURE what two questions are about theatre What what is the play about and how will you tell the story Which characters are not played by the Greek chorus Lil and uncle peck What scene suggests uncle peck is a pedifile Uncle peck and bobby The scene he had where he expresses his feelings Who does Lill bit see in the rear view at the end of the play Uncle peck 3 How man chorus members are there What clip begins with the lead actor painting the set with his words Sunday in the park with George The piano lesson clip uses what African theater convention Griot In raceless Monica s boss complains that she She isn t acting Asian enough How does beneatha connect to her African heritage in raisin in the sun Dance and music The clips of Peking opera and kabuki theater both include what No one is talking Tons of face makeup Acrobatics What Asian American company nearly employed nearly 75 of theatre workers When theatre was created in India what was its function Religious reasons Educate and entertain Distract audiences from earthly dangers and sins Treason because he is involved with the spy Gave classified documents to the Chinese What form is known as the art of walking NOH theatre Japan Most experienced is 30 years of practice The east west players Who was mei LAN fang A Peking opera master Why is gallimard in prison Where does M Butterfly take place France Bejing his prison cell Who is chin She is his handler his spy What happens to song after he is sent back to France She is forced to go to France with him or exiled Prison work cell What does the title M butterfly mean The play madam butterfly Opera reference What kind of theatre is also known as a picture from stage Proscenium theatre KNOW STAGE SHAPES What is the most versatile stage shape Black box What does a stage manager do Call cues and run the show during production Name 3 of the 4 areas of design Sound design Lighting design Costume design Scenic or set design Name the remaining three qualities of effective design Has to meet the budget Set the mood Support the production concept
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