THAR 281 Test 1
THAR 281 Test 1
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1. What are necessary parts of a performing art? movement through time,
an audience, a writer or
creator
2. Which is not a category of art? LIBERAL
literacy
performing
visual
3. When an audience member lets go of his or her bouts willing suspension of dis-
about what is happening onstage and enters into the belief
experience voluntarily this is called: _________ __________
of _________.
4. What is true of theatre in the past? There were not many spe-
cific types of theatre, plays
often revealed around the
upper class for the upper
class, it was socially ac-
ceptable for everyone to
go to the theatre, political
leaders would attend the-
atre performances
5. What is true of art? it reveals what we love
most, it is a reflection of
our lives, it reveals what we
fear most, everyone can af-
ford it, it is necessary for
our survival
6. What are the correct categories of design elements in visual and non-visual
theatre?
, THAR 281 Test 1
THAR 281 Test 1
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7. What are the three criteria of criticism? Was the production
worthwhile? How success-
ful was the production in
its attempt? What was be-
ing attempted?
8. A theatre critic may also write about... How this piece of theatre
relates to other theatrical
productions, The relation-
ships of the production of
other art forms, The play-
wright's full body of work
9. In order to fully experience theater an audience mem- aesthetic
ber must have the proper _______ distance to stay sep-
arate but involved in the action onstage.
10. What factors affect the performers and the perfor- Ideological beliefs, cultur-
mance? al diversity, size of the au-
dience
11. What is not a fair criteria for criticism? How does this production
compare with a previous
attempt?
12. What is fair criteria for criticism? What was the playwrights
purpose?
Should this production
have been attempted at
this time?
How did the design ele-
THAR 281 Test 1
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_1kvlzl
1. What are necessary parts of a performing art? movement through time,
an audience, a writer or
creator
2. Which is not a category of art? LIBERAL
literacy
performing
visual
3. When an audience member lets go of his or her bouts willing suspension of dis-
about what is happening onstage and enters into the belief
experience voluntarily this is called: _________ __________
of _________.
4. What is true of theatre in the past? There were not many spe-
cific types of theatre, plays
often revealed around the
upper class for the upper
class, it was socially ac-
ceptable for everyone to
go to the theatre, political
leaders would attend the-
atre performances
5. What is true of art? it reveals what we love
most, it is a reflection of
our lives, it reveals what we
fear most, everyone can af-
ford it, it is necessary for
our survival
6. What are the correct categories of design elements in visual and non-visual
theatre?
, THAR 281 Test 1
THAR 281 Test 1
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_1kvlzl
7. What are the three criteria of criticism? Was the production
worthwhile? How success-
ful was the production in
its attempt? What was be-
ing attempted?
8. A theatre critic may also write about... How this piece of theatre
relates to other theatrical
productions, The relation-
ships of the production of
other art forms, The play-
wright's full body of work
9. In order to fully experience theater an audience mem- aesthetic
ber must have the proper _______ distance to stay sep-
arate but involved in the action onstage.
10. What factors affect the performers and the perfor- Ideological beliefs, cultur-
mance? al diversity, size of the au-
dience
11. What is not a fair criteria for criticism? How does this production
compare with a previous
attempt?
12. What is fair criteria for criticism? What was the playwrights
purpose?
Should this production
have been attempted at
this time?
How did the design ele-
