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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In performance, what is the relationship the author establishes?
2. In the third section of the book the author claims, "It is always the ______ theatre that saves the day."
3. "Whenever one has a real critical flop, for the remainder of the run there is always a small audience of..." what?
4. Which actor "is reaching inside himself for an alphabet that is also fossilized, for the language of signs from life that he knows is the language not of invention but of his conditioning"?
5. Who wrote The Three Sisters?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the author approach the concept of liberation with Shakespeare and Brecht?
2. How does the author discuss the process of theatre design?
3. How does the author describe the difference between staging in "rough" theatre versus traditional theatre?
4. What does the author view as the "ideal" training for an actor?
5. What is the difference in world view between Brecht and Shakespeare?
6. What does the author discuss as an ideal in Marat/Sade?
7. What does the author speak of regarding Shakespeare and the Rough Theatre?
8. How does the author approach form and content between the actor and director?
9. In contemporary theatre, what does the author say is the most accessible way to find "holiness"?
10. How does the author view "the actor?" Which British actors does the author compare in "The Immediate Theatre"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the critic as a practitioner of the theatre. How does the author view this figure as a positive influence on the art?
Essay Topic 2
How does Shakespeare embody the culmination of both Holy Theatre and Rough Theatre? What examples from the text illuminate this?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the role of ritual within art. How does the author feel ritual's place has diminished in contemporary society? How do we attain ritual in art?
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