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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. Who wrote Sergeant Musgrave's Dance?

2. What is Artaud's three-minute play, which the author produced first at his "Theatre of Cruelty"?

3. What is the only "interesting difference" between the theatre and the cinema?

4. In the third section of the book the author claims, "It is always the ______ theatre that saves the day."

5. No tribute to the latent power of the theatre is as telling as that paid to it by what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author discuss the process of theatre design?

2. What is the difference in world view between Brecht and Shakespeare?

3. What does the author view as the "ideal" training for an actor?

4. How does the author compare the cinema to the theatre?

5. What does the author speak of regarding Shakespeare and the Rough Theatre?

6. What does the author say of change and liberation regarding "The Rough Theatre"?

7. What is the author's presumed opinion of the works and style of Brecht? How is Brecht similar to Shakespeare?

8. What does the author discuss as an ideal in Marat/Sade?

9. How does the author approach form and content between the actor and director?

10. How does the author feel that Brecht approaches the "Holy"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss the topic of "Style" as the author regards it. How does one approach style? How does style manifest within the theatre?

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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