Midterm

Question 1

What is the Prime Function of Theater?

Answer 1

to communicate ideas

Question 2

Paradox

Answer 2

2 things that cannot be the same thing @ the same time. Example:jumbo shrimp(shrimp cannot be jumbo since they are small). Extra example: If someone says “I hated the fake scenery(all the scenery is actually fake.”

Question 3

Antagonist

Answer 3

the opposer of the actions; the opponent of the protagonist

Question 4

3 unities(classical ones)

Answer 4

1)time all in a day( 2)place all in one place location 3)action all done in one take

Question 5

Aristotle

Answer 5

wrote the poetics(tragety)

Question 6

hubris

Answer 6

throw out reality for an individual ego(pride) ex; the tortoise and the hare

Question 7

Verisimilitude

Answer 7

something that rings truth ex:spongebob(cant live in pineapple under the sea)

Question 8

Diderot

Answer 8

character becomes more real than real person. the actor themselves behaves like they have the same power.

Question 9

Slapstick comedy

Answer 9

style of comedy (ex. 3 stooges)

Question 10

tragedy

Answer 10

common drama of theater

Question 11

tragic comedy

Answer 11

doesn’t follow unity (any drama)

Question 12

documentary theatre

Answer 12

“the laray project” using written record(actual words)

Question 13

documentary film

Answer 13

using storyline

Question 14

art

Answer 14

shows talent and abilities and is the product created with craft

Question 15

craft

Answer 15

the teachable skill

Question 16

laterna magica

Answer 16

media interacting with actors

Question 17

Naturalism

Answer 17

the actual thing

Question 18

Representational

Answer 18

opposing ways of maintaining an actor-audience relationship.

Question 19

Presentational

Answer 19

stylized (for example 2 ppl acting like a horse instead of a real horse)

Question 20

Theatrical

Answer 20

using theater as a metaphor

Question 21

dramatic question

Answer 21

the question you want answered by the end of the play

Question 22

tragic comedy

Answer 22

serious drama that doesn’t follow artistotles rules

Question 23

Isadora Duncan

Answer 23

one of the 4 founders of modern dance , revolutionary in Europe (didnt like her cuz she danced with her bare feet)

Question 24

Gordon Craig

Answer 24

a pioneer stylizing director, autocratic vision, started as a designer, married Isadora Duncan

Question 25

David Belasco

Answer 25

realistic directing in America, wrote many shows/operas

Question 26

Duke of Saxe-Meiningen

Answer 26

he was the father of modern directing (realistic directing to the world)
-central artistic control
-unified harmonious approach of elements towards common goal
-ensemble vs star system
-historical accuracy in scenery and costumes

Question 27

Tipping Point

Answer 27

turning point occurs before the tipping point and tipping happens near the end

Question 28

Turning Point

Answer 28

leads the plot into a new, different and unexpected direction.

Question 29

Chekhov

Answer 29

father of playwriting

Question 30

Stanislavky

Answer 30

father of modern (realistic)acting
-created The Moscow Art Theatre
-fisrts systemetized scientific psychological approach
-created “method acting” legacy of overacting

Question 31

super objective

Answer 31

a psychological approach

Question 32

theme

Answer 32

expresses meaning (abstract intellectual content of the work)

Question 33

incident

Answer 33

something is set off

Question 34

order of the play

Answer 34

1-gathering of the audience
2-overture
3-exposition
4-conflict
5-incident
6-dramatic question

Question 35

spectacle

Answer 35

the visual component of a play (props, actors, lighting, costum, cheoreo, theatre)

Question 36

blocking

Answer 36

stage direction

Question 37

component of a play

Answer 37

1-plot order of the story
2-characters
3-theme
4-diction/dialouge music
5-spectacle
6-convention

Question 38

corporate show

Answer 38

for investors to invest and to recieve media coverage

Question 39

farce

Answer 39

not worth partaking

Question 40

dark comedy

Answer 40

doesnt follow artistotles tragic rules (show is going to start great then turns around and is dark)

Question 41

shakespeare

Answer 41

1-comedy
2-tragedy
3-history

Question 42

musicals

Answer 42

1-composer
2-lyricist (lyrics)
3-book writer

Question 43

harmartia

Answer 43

a fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero or heroine.

Question 44

protagonist

Answer 44

makes key decisions that affect the plot,

Question 45

catharsis

Answer 45

happends at the end (tragedy)