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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. With whom did the author institute a group with the Royal Shakespeare Theatre called the Theatre of Cruelty?
2. According to the author, with most experimental products, "______ is their complaint and their excuse."
3. In France, there are how many deadly ways of playing classical tragedy, according to the author?
4. Where did the Royal Shakespeare Company's Lear find an unwilling audience?
5. Where did the author, in 1946, encounter children piling into a space to watch two clowns?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do Deadly Theatre and Shakespeare intersect?
2. Describe Brook's "Theatre of Cruelty." Whose concepts and theories was this based upon?
3. How does the author tie Haitian voodoo to the art of performance?
4. What does the author say in discussing the removal of the symbolic curtain in the theatre?
5. Discuss the playwright's role, as established by the author.
6. Describe the qualities which contribute to Deadly Theatre.
7. How does the author compare the "deadly theatre" to the "deadly bore?"
8. How can one produce Shakespeare and not fall into the realm of "Deadly" theatre?
9. What does the author say of Artaud's contribution to "The Holy Theatre"?
10. What similarity ties the three artists whom the author discusses in "The Holy Theatre"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the meaning of "Immediate Theatre." How is this form of the art created? What ideals must be in place for Immediate Theatre to take place?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss "The Rough Theatre." What does this term mean? How is Rough Theatre achieved? What are its principle elements and concerns?
Essay Topic 3
What is the Polish director, Jerzy Grotowski's contribution to theatre practice, technique and philosophy? What are the practical elements of his craft?
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