Overview of Theater
Elizabethan Theater
and Shakespeare
and Shakespeare
Music
Movies/TV
Musicals/Movies
Miscellaneous
100
The Greek god of theater
Who is Dionysus?
100
The name of the first permanent theater building constructed in London
What is "The Theater"?
100
An arrangement of sound and silences into a deliberate shape
What is music?
100
This person from Idaho invented television
Who is Philo Farnsworth?
100
West Side Story is based on this Shakespearean play
What is Romeo and Juliet?
100
The King of Rock and Roll
Who is Elvis Presley?
200
These are the unwritten rules of theater that the audience accepts as "real" even though they know illusions such as special effects are being used
What are theatrical conventions?
200
What are the three types of plays written by William Shakespeare
What are histories, tragedies, and comedies?
200
A significant sequence of tones working as a unit and often repeated
What is melody?
200
People feared that this invention could be used to spread propaganda and/or communism
What is television?
200
This musical number typically features the entire cast and is used to open or close acts
What is a chorus number?
200
Actors who wore masks with built-in megaphones to help increase the volume of their dialogue
Who were the ancient Greek actors?
300
This is a serious play with sad events with an unhappy but meaningful ending (this goes all the way back to ancient Greece)
What is a tragedy?
300
These theater goers would pay a penny to stand on the ground near the stage
Who were groundlings/penny stinkers?
300
This famous composer added more emotion, drama, and instruments to his symphonies (he also went deaf by the end of his composing career)
Who is Beethoven?
300
This type of sound is part of the action we see in a film
What is diegetic sound?
300
Singing, acting/speaking, and dance
What are the elements in a musical?
300
This individual created science fiction movies around 1900 (each frame of film was hand painted to create colorized movies)
Who is Georges Melies?
400
This stone theater structure was often built into a hillside and featured a skene, paraskene, and orchestra
What is an ancient Greek theater?
400
This individual sponsored plays because she admired theater and wanted to glorify her family (the Tudors)
Who was Queen Elizabeth I?
400
This music event was part of the counterculture movement
What is Woodstock?
400
This term refers to every element in the frame that contributes to the overall look of a film (in French this phrase means "putting on stage"
What is mise-en-scene?
400
Gertie the Dinosaur is an early example of this kind of movie
What is an animated movie?
400
The Queen of Pop
Who is Madonna?
500
Excessive pride, arrogance, or over-confidence that can lead to a downfall for the protagonist
What is hubris?
500
This is believed to be the first play that Shakespeare wrote
What is Taming of the Shrew?
500
This musical technique involves playing two or more notes that don't sound good together to create a feeling of unease or discomfort in the audience
What is dissonance?
500
The name of the company/technology that was used to produce early colorized movies such as The Wizard of Oz
What is Technicolor?
500
This musical incorporated a professional ballet company into its stage performance
What is Oklahoma?
500
This company invested $50 million into the development of television in the 1930s
What is RCA?
600
Ancient Greek theater festival with dramatic competitions (originally held in Athens)
What is the City Dioysia?
600
This kind of audience was rowdy, showed up whenever they felt like it, and even threw rotting vegetable act actors to express their opinions
Who were Elizabethan era audiences?
600
A cultural movement where all things British (fashion, food, music, etc.) became popular in America
What is the British Invasion?
600
This type of movie is based on fiction or non-mainstream science
What is science fiction?
600
The Phantom of the Opera is classified as this type of musical
What is a spectacular?
600
This type of comedy involves misdirection, witty dialogue, miscommunication, and sometimes mistaken identity
What is farce?
700
A process where the audience members emotionally empathize with the characters and feel emotionally purged at the end of the play; this process also helps the audience gain a better understanding of right and wrong
What is catharsis?
700
The number of plays written by William Shakespeare
What is 37 plays?
700
The King of Pop
Who is Michael Jackson?
700
Daily Double
The year that color TV was first demonstrated on a national TV Broadcast.
700
This musical introduced the antihero
What is Pal Joey?
700
The letters PBS stand for _________
What is Public Broadcasting Station?
800
The name of this theater feature
What is a proscenium arch??
800
Names of theaters owned by William Shakespeare and his business partners
What were the Globe and the Blackfriars theaters?
800
The architect of rock and roll
Who is Little Richard?
800
The debate between these two presidential candidates highlighted how body language might impact the audience's perceptions
Who are Kennedy and Nixon?
800
The Wizard of Oz was one of the first movies to use this color film technology
What is technicolor?
800
This band leader help spread the popularity of jazz from New Orleans to other parts of the United States
Who is Duke Elllington?
900
Daily Double
The name of the first known actor
900
This important book contained an original portrait of Shakespeare and 18 of his plays that were not previously published
What is the First Folio?
900
A type of music that seeks to be at the forefront of musical development; these composers deliberately defy and reject older conventions of music
What is Avant Garde music?
900
This person was the inventor of slapstick comedy
Who is Mack Sennett?
900
Jersey Boys and Dream Girls are classified as this type of musical
What is a rock musical?
900
The Maltese Falcon is a masterpiece of _____
What is Film Noir?
1000
This plot device in melodrama uses an act of nature to quickly bring the play to an end
What is deus ex machina?
1000
The year that The Theater was relocated to the south bank of the River Thames and renamed The Globe
What is 1599?
1000
A type of music that is complicated, ornate, and that uses counterpoint (JS Bach was one of the best composers of this time)
What is Baroque music?
1000
The year Sesame Street was created
What is 1969?
1000
The Black Crook
What is the name of the first modern musical, which premiered in NYC in 1866?
1000
Johanh Sebastian Bach was famous for composing this type of music
What is Baroque music?