1. "Both [rough and holy] theatres feed on deep and true ______ in their audiences."
(a) Love.
(b) Attention.
(c) Acceptance.
(d) Aspirations.

2. Of what does the author write, "three needs become one: it exists for the sake of performing, it earns its living through performing and its performances contain the most intense and intimate moments of its collective life"?
(a) The Laboratory.
(b) The Motion Picture Industry.
(c) The Theatre of Cruelty.
(d) The Living Theatre.

3. "In rehearsal, form and _____ have to be examined sometimes together, sometimes separately."
(a) Justification.
(b) Content.
(c) Writing.
(d) Action.

4. The true meaning of a theatre piece only becomes apparent when an audience is what?
(a) Present and reacting.
(b) Rapt.
(c) Listening.
(d) Alive.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The author says in "The Immediate Theatre", "At least one can see that everything is a _______ for something and nothing is a _______ for everything."

2. The closer the actor approaches what, the more requirements he is asked to separate, understand and fulfill simultaneously?

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

4. What are some of the physical aspects of the alienation effect?

5. Meaning and reaction can only be discerned when an audience allows for a moment of transition from the world of the play into what?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 248 words
(approx. 1 page at 300 words per page)

View a FREE sample