Intro to Theatre Test 2 Quiz 2

Acting technique/exercise emphasizing immediacy of response and invention rather than rehearsed behavior

Actor's actual self

Pretending to be another

A style of art that sought truth in fleeting moments of consciousness. Prevalent in the drama and theater of 1890s, was noted for its moody and mysterious quality

Scenic practices (w/ analogs in acting, directing, and other theater arts) that rely on a belief in the theatrical imitation of the real world

In acting, inventive faculty of the actor. More generally, that faculty of mind/feeling, usually thought to be nonlinear, imagistic, metaphorical, and playful

A kind of staging developed during the Renaissance in Italy and marked by a proscenium arch and perspective scenery arranged in wing and shutter

In Elizabethan public theater, small space below roof, probably for machinery

In Aristotelian criticism, the moral expression of character through language; more generally, the intellectual statement of the meaning of a play/performance

Member of acting company who owns a share of the theater building itself

A philosophy that believes that people should be at the center of their own deepest concerns

A figure embodying a culture's most valued qualities (for example, Achilles in the The Illiad) and hence the central figure in a heroic tragedy. Popularly the leading character in a play or, more precisely, the leading male character in a play. In melodrama, the male character who loves the heroine.

Supposed conditions of a commercial theater that has no middle ground and no economic tolerance for play that may earn back their costs slowly.

The basic premise on which a particular Greek old comedy was based

Area above the stage: in the Elizabethan theater, the underside of the roof that extended over the stage. In the 19th century, the highest gallery.