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On the line - when dialogue reveals the action Beneath the line - When dialogue conceals the action Function of Stage directions - To tell us who's there by naming characters as they speak, enter, react, and exit. imagination - the ability to create ideas or pictures in your mind empathy - get...

What is theatre influenced by? - Answer-paintings on cave walls- animals hunted and rituals beginnings foundations for western thea - Answer-started with greeks, second romans Greatest influences of western thea - Answer-greeks, Elizabeth renaissance, 20th C thinkers of thea - Answer-Homer Thesp...

What is theatre? - Answer-Communication, subjective, live storytelling, conflict and resolution, education, course, transfer of information, entertainment, business, collaborative art form, interactive, building, holding mirror, scope (theatre of war), soapbox, human experience, opinion, place to ...

Medium - The means by which content is provided to the consumer Gesamtkunstwerk - A term coined by Richard Wagner that literally means "a total work of art" unifying all aspects of a production: spoken word, music, lyrics, scenery, lighting, costuming into a unified and cohesive whole Well-mad...

What are the six Essential Elements of Theatre? - Answer-1. Performers 2. Audience 3. Script or story 4. Place 5. Support staff 6. Accessories What is the difference between Theatre and Theater? - Answer-Theatre - is British term - usually refers to the art form Theater - is American term - ...

When/Where did theatre begin? - Answer-Ancient Greece, 500 BC What occurred each year in Greece? - Answer-Festival of Dionysus, included a drama; best play of the year awarded a prize. When did Aristotle write about subjects in his times? - Answer-third century B.C. What are Poetics? - Answer-st...

Id Rather be Right - Opening - Answer-1937 Id Rather be Right - Music - Answer-Richard Rogers Id Rather be Right - Lyrics - Answer-Lorenz Hart Id Rather be Right - Book - Answer-George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart Id Rather be Right - Story - Answer-Peggy and Phil want to get married but they can't...

realism,selective realism , experimental theatre - Answer-post war movements post war realism in USA - Answer-dominant style, golden age of american realism, focus on "regular people" and their tragedies. Arthur miller - Answer-period playwright of post war realism, born in harlem, influenced b...

The convention for representing depth on a flat surface is called: - Perspective The idea that all drama should be "true to life" is called: - Verisimilitude Who developed the pole-and-chariot system? - Torelli Which of the following is NOT true of a proscenium stage? - It also includes an orch...

Theatrical Conventions - Answer-Rules of conduct and understood communication codes of the theatre Universals of theatre (4) - Answer-1. Theatre is live- mistakes are possible, audience, reciprocity, energy is shared between actors and audience 2. Theatre is ephemeral- theatre always changes, it ...

Greek God of wine and fertility - Answer-Dionysus author of a play - Answer-Playwright Primitive people's instinctive rhythmic movements and the desire to imitate evolved into___________________________. - Answer-Pantomime Pantomimed rites of passage and various tribal traditions were performed...

realism,selective realism , experimental theatre - post war movements post war realism in USA - dominant style, golden age of american realism, focus on "regular people" and their tragedies. Arthur miller - period playwright of post war realism, born in harlem, influenced by ibsen, plays usual...