1. On the first day of rehearsal of what show did its composer, Harold Arlen, arrive wearing a blue cornflower, with champagne and presents for all?
(a) Death of a Salesman.
(b) Les Miserables.
(c) House of Flowers.
(d) La Boheme.

2. Approximately how long is a rehearsal process in New York, according to the author?
(a) Six weeks.
(b) Two months.
(c) One week.
(d) Three weeks.

3. The author writes of an actor who studied the part of Hamlet for how many years and never played it because the director died before it was finished?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Seven.
(d) Ten.

4. Where did the Royal Shakespeare Company's Lear find an unwilling audience?
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) New York.
(c) Connecticut.
(d) California.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. "The job of shifting oneself totally from one character to another--a principle on which all of Shakespeare and all of Chekhov is built--is a _______ task at any time."

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

3. Who "wanted the theatre to contain all that normally is reserved for crime and war"?

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

5. The author says of Deadly Theatre, that "just the right degree of _______ is a reassuring guarantee of a worthwhile event."

(see the answer key)

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