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100
He wrote The Dynamics of Drama.
Who is Bernard Beckerman?
100
This approach is when a director takes creative license to a script, alters an ending and/or omits a scene.
What is heretical?
100
Due to the work of whom, it is now common for directors to collaborate with actors in order to create a successful performance.
Who is Constantin Stanislavsky?
100
In literature, this is a particular manner of using language to narrate a story.
What is style?
100
Deductive reasoning is this three step process.
What is a syllogism?
200
He believed acting is the process of effectively interpreting and conveying the subtext in relationships between characters.
Who is Robert Cohen?
200
In ancient Greece, the modern director's role was performed by this person?
What is the choregus?
200
Conceits, similes and metaphors are examples of this.
What is figurative language?
200
In literature, this is the attitude expressed about the subject through the author.
What is tone?
200
This consists of an oversimplification or distortion of opposing views.
What is the straw man fallacy?
300
This is the process of determining where actors should physically be located at various points in a play.
What is staging a play?
300
In ancient Roman theatre, this person organized the productions?
Who is the wealthy patron who financed the production?
300
This attributes human qualities to an inanimate object or abstract entity.
What is personification?
300
This is the choice of language in a literary work.
What is diction?
300
This term is Latin for "God out of a machine."
What is deus ex machine?
400
When an actor moves on point of the stage to another.
What is a cross?
400
In medieval times, the role most closely related to that of the modern director was called this?
Who is the master of secrets?
400
This device uses hints in a narrative to let the audience anticipate future events in the plat.
What is foreshadowing?
400
This occurs when a state of tension in a literary work reaches it's peak.
What is climax?
400
These are the three most popular types of stages.
What is proscenium, arena, and thrust?
500
The compensation for the cross of another actor.
What is counter-cross?
500
In a period when actors had to register in order to perform, the director role was carried out by this person.
Who is the keeper of the register?
500
This is a reference within a text to some person, place or event outside the text.
What is an allusion?
500
This occurs in fiction or drama when a critical point in the work is resolved and the dramatic tension recedes.
What is anti-climax?
500
This term refers to everything that is placed upon a stage to be filmed or shown as part of a performance.
What is mise-en-scene?