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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. In "Dr Faustus: Textual Montage", it is written that the play is a dialectic between mockery and _____.
2. Whom does Grotowski quote in "Towards a Poor Theatre" (Chapter 1) as saying, "Each technique leads to metaphysics"?
3. Whose work on "physical actions" is incorporated into Grotowski's system?
4. Who wrote "Akropolis"?
5. The word "actress" and _____ were once synonymous.
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Grotowski develop the theories behind the "poor theatre" and the Theatre Laboratory?
2. What does Grotowski write in "Towards a Poor Theatre" (Chapter 1) regarding experimental theatre, gimmicks, and tricks?
3. How does Grotowski describe the training at the Theatre Laboratory? What kind of actors does it produce?
4. Describe what "trance" and "excess" are as described in "The Theatre's New Testament."
5. How does Grotowski answer the interviewer in "The Theatre's New Testament" about the association of the Theatre Laboratory with science?
6. What reward can the "holy" actor hope to achieve for his work?
7. Describe the comparison of the Laboratory to the Bohr Institute.
8. Describe the costumes of "Akropolis". What do they contribute to the play's interpretation?
9. What is Grotowski's take on "artifice" and what does he define this as in "Towards a Poor Theatre" (Chapter 1)?
10. What does Grotowski write of the "life-mask" in "Towards a Poor Theatre" (Chapter 1)?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the differences between "rich theatre" and "poor theatre." What does each of these refer to?
Essay Topic 2
Describe the production elements of "Dr. Faustus". How were the actor's costumed? What was the setting? Where was the audience? What effect did this create?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the entire repertoire of exercises in Grotowski's work from 1959-1962. What are the major categories of exercises? What are their purposes? *
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