1. What does the author refer to Meyerhold's experiments as?
(a) Bio-mechanical.
(b) Psychological.
(c) Physiological.
(d) Humanistic.

2. The author writes that, "All through the world theatre audiences are ______".
(a) Dwindling.
(b) Expanding.
(c) Suffering.
(d) Struggling.

3. In regard to music, the author says we may make a personality cult of whom?
(a) The soloist.
(b) The musician.
(c) The conductor.
(d) The song writer.

4. What does the author contend that we have lost all sense of in modern times?
(a) Love.
(b) Worship.
(c) Nobility.
(d) Ritual.

5. The author writes that New York has potentially the best audience in the world, but they don't go to the theatre. Why?
(a) The work is too shabby.
(b) The lack of culture.
(c) The creative impulse doesn't exist.
(d) The price is too high.

Short Answer Questions

1. "By using language illogically, by introducing the ridiculous in speech and the fantastic in behaviour, an author of the __________ opens up for himself another vocabulary."

2. What British playwright does the author laud, who also works as a director and performer?

3. Who challenged Stanislavsky, proposing a different style of playing?

4. Where did the author, in 1946, encounter children piling into a space to watch two clowns?

5. "On Broadway ticket prices are continually rising and, ironically, as each season grows more disastrous, each season's hit" does what?

(see the answer key)

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