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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. Whose theatre, "in which the imagination, freed by anarchy, flies like a wild bat in and out of every possible shape and style," has it all?

2. The closer the actor approaches what, the more requirements he is asked to separate, understand and fulfill simultaneously?

3. "Figaro or Falstaff or Tartuffe lampoon and debunk through laughter, and the author's purpose is to bring about a _______."

4. "In work with a designer, a sympathy of _____ is what matters most."

5. What is the term which embodies the emotional and spiritual experience that occurs in great tragedies?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe the difference between "Rough Theatre" and "Holy Theatre"?

2. What is the common thread between human existence and approach to process in the theatre?

3. In contemporary theatre, what does the author say is the most accessible way to find "holiness"?

4. 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?

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

6. How does Shakespeare embody both The Rough Theatre and The Holy Theatre?

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

8. Who is Bertolt Brecht and what was his major contribution to the modern theatre?

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

10. What does the author point out about the source of conflict in Shakespeare's work?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss "The Holy Theatre." What does this term mean? How is Holy Theatre achieved? What are its principle elements and concerns?

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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