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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. What does the author say is "a sign and is an illustra tion--so it is a fragment of language"?
2. Who wrote The Three Sisters?
3. The author writes of his book, "if anyone were to try to use it as a handbook, then I can definitely warn him--there are no _______."
4. Of whom does the author write, "never just made a slice of life--he was a doctor who with infinite gentleness and care took thousands and thousands of fine layers off life."
5. The author contends that ______ "is a model of a theatre that contains Brecht and Beckett, but goes beyond both."
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the difference in world view between Brecht and Shakespeare?
2. How does the author compare the cinema to the theatre?
3. How does the author approach form and content between the actor and director?
4. How does the author feel that Brecht approaches the "Holy"?
5. How does the author view "pre-planning" in approaching a rehearsal process?
6. In contemporary theatre, what does the author say is the most accessible way to find "holiness"?
7. What is one example of Shakespeare's which the author uses as an example in "The Rough Theatre", and what is he saying with this example?
8. What does the author view as the "ideal" training for an actor?
9. What is the author's presumed opinion of the works and style of Brecht? How is Brecht similar to Shakespeare?
10. What is the common thread between human existence and approach to process in the theatre?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does Shakespeare embody the culmination of both Holy Theatre and Rough Theatre? What examples from the text illuminate this?
Essay Topic 2
Describe the author of The Empty Space. What are his major contributions to the theatre? What makes him an innovative figure in the artistic community?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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