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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 once did a production of Love's Labour's Lost where the character called Constable Dull was dressed as a Victorian policeman because his name at once conjured up the typical figure of the London bobby?

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

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

4. "Anyone interested in processes in the natural world would be very rewarded by a study of" what?

5. The author writes of the architecture of theatres in saying, "as for theatres, the problem of design cannot start" how?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the author describe the difference between staging in "rough" theatre versus traditional theatre?

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

4. What is the difference and similarity between a "Happening" and "alienation"?

5. How does the author view Method acting?

6. The author gives a formula for creating and defining theatre. What is this formula?

7. What does the author describe happening when a Brechtian approach is applied to other works?

8. How does the author view "the actor?" Which British actors does the author compare in "The Immediate Theatre"?

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

10. What is the audience's role in a final production?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the playwright's role in the theatre? How is his/her role considered one of the most difficult within the creative process?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role of the director of the theatre. How does this person create an open environment? How does he/she best work with the designer? The actor?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss theatre space as it is presented by the author. What constitutes "a stage"? What basic principles should be examined in the creation of theatre space?

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