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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. The author writes of productions in Russia of classical Shakespearean works which rehearsed for how long, yet were unable to perform as well as a hack company?
2. What play does the author describe his enjoying producing in America rather than in England?
3. What does "Deadly Theatre" mean?
4. What "can be anywhere, any time, of any duration: nothing is required, nothing is taboo"?
5. What are audiences doing in "elevating something bad into a success"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are the four forms of theatre the author discusses, and where can they be found?
2. What has happened to "ritual" in today's culture, as described by the author?
3. How does boringness contribute to people attending Deadly Theatre?
4. How can one produce Shakespeare and not fall into the realm of "Deadly" theatre?
5. What similarity ties the three artists whom the author discusses in "The Holy Theatre"?
6. What is "The Happening," and what difficulty does it pose?
7. Describe Brook's "Theatre of Cruelty." Whose concepts and theories was this based upon?
8. How does the author tie Haitian voodoo to the art of performance?
9. Does "Holy Theatre" mean serious theatre? Why or why not?
10. How does the author define "The Holy Theatre"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss "The Deadly Theatre." What does this term mean? How can we learn something from Deadly Theatre? What are the components of Deadly Theatre?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the playwright/theorist/director, Bertolt Brecht. What innovations to the theatre did this figure create? How is he the most influential writer of the contemporary stage?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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