Vocal Production
French Neoclassical and Restoration Theatre History
French Neoclassical and Restoration Theatre History Pt. 2
Acting Choices
Acting Choices Pt. 2
100

The lips, tongue, teeth, soft and hard palates are the...

Articulators

100

Time, place, and action in French Neoclassical Theatre:

Three Unities

100

Who was a patron of the theatre and supported Moliere?

Louis XIV

100

The actor listens and reacts to the other actor and uses the chemistry that develops. The actor develops the ability to interact with other performers spontaneously.

Each Other

100

The actor puts herself in the given circumstances of the character as if she lives in that character’s world

Magic If

200

The nasal cavity, oral cavity, and chest cavity are where we __________ or vibrate sound

Resonate

200

What is true to life?

Verisimilitude
200

Who wrote the Country Wife?

Wycherly

200

An actor uses an object from a strong memory and makes it synonymous with the character’s situation to trigger the emotional response he wants

Trigger Object

200

The actor recalls past sensations (sight, sound, smell, taste, touch) similar to those required in the scene.

Sense Memory

300

The vocal cords are located in the...

Larnyx

300

. Characters follow set behavior according to their age, profession, gender and rank

Decorum

300

God in Machine

Deus Ex Machina

300

The actor layers the essence of her boyfriend onto the other actor who is playing the character’s love interest

Substitute

300

The actor reacts to and uses the set pieces, props, and lighting, etc. on stage.

Environment

400

When the diaphragm tenses/lowers during ___________, it forces the various digestive organs farther down into the abdomen and the soft, fleshy wall of the abdomen moves out.

INHALATION

400

 Who wrote The Rover and The Forced Marriage, the first known English woman dramatist? She was also a spy for Charles II?

Behn

400

Ridicules and makes fun of the follies of human nature or society. Often uses irony and sarcasm.

Satire

400

Actor uses the distance or closeness between him and the other actors on stage.

Space

400

Actor uses what is blocking her character from getting what she wants.

Obstacle

500

The torso consists of two large cavities which are the ________ and the_____________

THORAX and the ABDOMEN

500

 Who wrote The Way of the World the Neoclassical comedy that is considered to have bridged Restoration Comedy and 18th Century Sentimental Comedy because its lovers are united and the wicked characters are punished?

Congreve

500

Who wrote Phaedra based on Euripides’ play Hippolytus

Racine

500

Actor uses what the character is going through before entering the scene.

Moment Before

500

Actor pursues his character’s goal in order to satisfy a need

Objective

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