This type of theater makes no attempt at ignoring the audience as this type of theater seek to give the illusion of reality
What is Presentational and Representational
100
This seeks to portray inner emotions of human beings and thus is opposed to realism or naturalism
What is expressionism?
100
The ___ of the critic and of criticism emerge from the types of critics and the forms they employ
What are functions?
100
Excellence in any of endeavor demands enthusiasm for one's work, and critics who have little to offer
What is Love of the Theater?
100
An immensely popular form of entertainment, consisting of a series of acts-singers, dancers, comedians, acrobats, trained animals, and dramatical sketches
What is Vaudeville?
200
This is a serious type of drama that usually ends with a protagonist being destroyed socially or physically
What is a tragedy?
200
Characterized by the use of non-traditional techniques (films, treadmills, cartoons, segmented scenery, etc.) and often called for political and social reform. Associated with Berolt Brecht
What is an epic theater?
200
There are five ___ for excellence in criticism
What are requisites?
200
Theatrical critics reach their audience primarily through the written word so they must obtain "these" skills
What are writing skills?
200
Widely considered the dean of american drama spent most of his career with New York Times
Who is Atkinson, Brooks?
300
A comedic form seeking primarily to amuse a more thoughtful amusement, whereas "this" seeks to release found in laughter
What is farce?
300
A theatrical movement that arose in the 19th-century and sought to depict nature and life with great fidelity. Positivism contributed considerably to the movement
What is realism?
300
Pleasure, impact and form are the three types of ______ _____
What are critical preferences?
300
Like the actor, the critic must ignore matters irrelevant to the production and concentrate on the matter at hand
What is concentration?
300
German philosopher who wrote valuable and insightful treatises on the nature of art and tragedy
Who is Nietzsche, F.W.
400
A term originally applied to drama with songs but describes scripts that seek excitement of audiences emotionally by sensation, spectacle and frequently, improbable events
What is melodrama?
400
A theatrical movement that emerged in the second-half of the 19th-century. Although sharing realism's concern with external forms __ approaches tend to be even less selective
What is naturalism?
400
There are four categories of ___ critics
What are professional critics?
400
Ideally, theater critics should have considerable awareness of the heritage and evolution of the theater as well as substantial insights into contemporary developments
What is theatrical experience?
400
A critic for the New York Times and winner of a pultizer prize in 1978
Who is Walter Kerr?
500
This main ___ of theater includes tragedy, melodrama, comedy, satire and farce
What is a genre?
500
Modern philosophy associated in drama with the theater of the absurd. It values widely among it's many prominent, chief among who were Albert Camus and Jean Paul Sartre
What is existentialism?
500
____ was the costume designer for the musical version of the classic children's book "The Secret Garden"
Who is Joe Anderson?
500
Critics cannot eliminate their human frality, but they can minimize it's interference in their work
What is fairness?
500
The leading character, now usually the "hero" or "heroine"