Show:
Commedia Del' Arte
Miscellaneous
Stage Terminology
Flash Back Theatre History
Moliere
100
The character who wears a unique mask that only covers his forehead and nose
Who is Dottore?
100
Behavior in keeping with good taste and decency is called___________. (ex. king->noble)
What is decorum?
100
On opening night this staff member is in charge of the production
Who is the stage manager?
100
This playwright has been called the Father of Comedy
Who is Aristophanes?
100
The most Popular play by Moliere
What is Tartuffe?
200
The stock character that pretends to be courageous but is actually cowardly
Who is Capitano
200
A period of time in theatre is called a
What is a convention
200
The scenery for an act or a scene
What is a set?
200
A special consultant who provides specific, in-depth knowledge and literary resources to the director, producer, entire theatre company
What is a dramaturg
200
Everyone expected Moliere to uphold his father's business as a(n)
What is an interior decorator?
300
A pompous, middle aged man (stock character):
Who is Pantalone?
300
The framed opening between the stage and audience is called the:
What is a proscenium?
300
Movement by an actor on the stage is called:
What is blocking
300
A background drop or curtain hung at the rear and sometimes around the sides of the stage; it mask the backstage area during scenery shifts
What is a cyclorama
300
Moliere's birth name
Who is Jean Baptist Poquelin?
400
Commedia dell'arte is one of the most characteristic types of which genre:
What is farce
400
An emotional purification of relief (a purge of emotion)
What is a catharsis?
400
This terminology describe an object that is suspended in the air
What is dead-hung
400
Movement by an actor from one location onstage to another
What is blocking
400
In Moliere's France, theatre often took place in
What is a found space?
500
A literary character that who undergoes an important inner change, as a change in personality or attitude (ex. protagonist)
What is a dynamic character
500
The quality of appearing to be true or real (true to life)?
What is verisimilitude?
500
A combination of the proscenium and the arena stages, with the audience sitting on two or three sides of the acting area.
What is a thrust stage
500
During the medieval period most artistic expression sprang from (a place)
What is the church
500
Moliere suffered a ___________and died on-stage
What is a hemorrhage?