Theatre correct answers A place for viewing.
Dionysus correct answers The Greek god of wine and fertility.
Dithyrambs correct answers Hymns sung and dance in praise of Dionysus.
Theatrical Conventions correct answers Theatre's "rules and understood communication codes".
Universals of th...
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Theatre correct answers A place for viewing.
Dionysus correct answers The Greek god of wine and fertility.
Dithyrambs correct answers Hymns sung and dance in praise of Dionysus.
Theatrical Conventions correct answers Theatre's "rules and understood communication codes".
Universals of the Theatre correct answers Theatre is Live, Ephemeral, Collaborative, and a
Synthesis of Many Arts.
Shamans correct answers Priests and priestesses charged with communicating with the spirit
world on behalf of the community to bring peace and prosperity to the populace or healing the
sick.
Ritual correct answers A religious or solemn ceremony consisting of a series of actions
performed according to a prescribed order.
Thrust Stage correct answers In this configuration, the audience sits on three sides of a
performance area that projects into the audience.
Arena Stage correct answers In this configuration, the audience sits on all four sides of a round
or rectangular performance space. Also known as *Theatre-in-the-Round*.
Proscenium Stage correct answers In this configuration, the audience sits facing a raised stage.
Also known as *Picture Frame Stage*.
Perspective Scenery correct answers Scenery that represents three-dimensional space on a flat
surface.
Upstage correct answers The area of the performance space that is farthest away from the
audience.
Downstage correct answers The area of the performance space that is closest to the audience.
Stage Right correct answers The right side of the stage from the perspective of an actor facing
the audience.
Stage Left correct answers The left side of the stage from the perspective of an actor facing the
audience.
Pole-and-Chariot System correct answers An innovative scene-changing system. By connecting
a series of ropes and pulleys, the entire set could be replaced by turning a single wench.
, Giacomo Torelli correct answers Invited the Pole-and-Chariot System for Simultaneous Scene
Changes.
Black Box Theatre correct answers A performance space, usually painted black, that permits the
rearrangement of seating and playing areas for every production in a variety of traditional and
nontraditional arrangements.
Environmental Staging correct answers The form of physical relationship between audience and
performers in which there is little or no clear definition between the space dedicated to each.
Street Theatre correct answers Compelling theatre that uses music, spectacle, masks, costumes,
dancing, drumming, or direct audience confrontation to engage with the public in co-opted
public spaces.
Site-Specific Staging correct answers Hyper reality taking place at a historical site.
Guerrilla Theatre correct answers Political action theatre in the street.
Globe Theatre correct answers Shakespeare's main theatre built along the south bank of the
Thames in London. It is an octagonal building with a central courtyard open to the sky.
Groundlings correct answers Lower-class spectators who could not afford seats.
Lords' rooms correct answers Stage Gallery about the stage wall used by rich people, Upper
class, and nobility. Costed 5 pence, cushioned seats provided.
Elinor Fuchs correct answers Author of Visit to a Small Planet.
World of the Play correct answers The space, time, climate, mood, tone and music of a play.
Social World correct answers Interpersonal relationships of a play.
Angelo Beolco correct answers Wrote Ruzzante Returns from the Wars
Active Audience correct answers Audience is goal-directed, purposive, and motivated
Passive Audience correct answers Audience is more subdued & agrees to create an invisible
fourth wall
Angelo Beolco correct answers One of the earliest Italian actors and dramatists, connected with
the origins of the commedia dell'arte.
Angelo Beolco correct answers A gifted amateur who acted in Venice, Ferrara, and Padua during
the carnival season from 1520 onwards.
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