History of Theatre
A Shakespearean tragedy has a _______ ending.
What is a sad ending?
The number of people performing a duet.
What is two?
What a character wants.
What is the objective?
"Yes, and" means...
What is, to go along with the scene your partner is creating?
The meaning of "breaking the fourth wall".
When a character acknowledges the audience's existence or speaks to them.
The Shakespearean era stage looked like this so that the audience could see the actors.
What is slanted?
Your introduction of yourself before an audition begins.
What is slating?
What a character does to get what they want.
What is a tactic?
A form of acting that involves imagining an object without actually having that object in hand.
What is pantomime?
The background sounds that contribute to mood.
What is ambience?
One of the two forms of ancient Japanese theatre.
The part of the stage between the main stage and the apron.
What is the proscenium arch?
The driving force of a character's actions throughout the whole play.
What is a super-objective?
What is yourself?
The expression used for a commercial headshot.
What is a smile?
The type of operatic singing that is the equivalent of dialogue in a modern musical.
What is recitative?
This type of movement involves anything you do on stage to add to the plot or character.
What is stage business?
A type of movement meant to show emotion.
What is gesture?
The word for the specific, unique sound of your voice.
What is quality or timbre?
This scene in The General was the most expensive shot in the silent film era.
What is the bridge destruction/train falling into the river scene?
A common topic of medieval mystery cycles.
What is Bible stories or lives of the saints?
This group of performers in a musical performs in "the pit".
When an actor becomes strongly identified with a specific type of character ("jock", "girl next door", "queen bee", etc).
What is typecasting?
Deciding a character's movement style can be helped by considering Laban's ___________.
What are the Eight Efforts?
In Seussical, the mother who abandons the egg that Horton sits on.
Who is Mayzie LaBird?