The Empty Space | Short Question Answer Key

Short Answer Key

The Deadly Theatre, part 1 (pp. 11-30)

1. "A man walks across this empty space whilst someone else is watching him, and this is all that is needed for an act of ______ to be engaged."

Theatre.

2. The author says that we think of what as killing the theatre?

Cinema.

3. What form of theatre does the author discuss first in the book?

Deadly Theatre.

4. What is the theatre district in London called?

West End.

5. What does "Deadly Theatre" mean?

Bad theatre.

6. The author writes that, "All through the world theatre audiences are ______".

Dwindling.

7. The theatre has often been called what?

A whore.

8. What does the author say is nonexistent in today's world?

A true theatre of joy.

9. The author writes, "Of course nowhere does the Deadly Theatre install itself so securely, so comfortably and so slyly as in the...
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