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) La Boheme.
(b) Les Miserables.
(c) House of Flowers.
(d) Death of a Salesman.

2. Which Chinese Opera Company came to London and retained touch with its sources, creating something new every night?
(a) Xing Opera Company.
(b) Pekin Opera Company.
(c) Formosa Opera Company.
(d) Siam Opera Company.

3. What is the theatre district in London called?
(a) East End.
(b) SoHo.
(c) Broadway.
(d) West End.

4. "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."
(a) Drama.
(b) Magnitude.
(c) Art.
(d) Theatre.

5. What play does the author juxtapose against Peter Weiss' play for an example of clarity of meaning?
(a) Henry V.
(b) Hamlet.
(c) King Lear.
(d) Romeo and Juliet.

Short Answer Questions

1. "When the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of King Lear toured through Europe, the production was steadily improving and the best performances lay between" where?

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

3. In France, there are how many deadly ways of playing classical tragedy, according to the author?

4. Within a constrained time allotted for rehearsal, what cannot occur, according to the author?

5. What are audiences doing in "elevating something bad into a success"?

(see the answer key)

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