What is meant by interpretation?
A script that was originally written in another language
The choices made about how to play a scene or stage a show
Taking a play and performing it in a different dramatic form, such as Musical or Physical theatre
Which of these statements is not true?
When there's a fourth wall the audience are passive observers
When there's a fourth wall there's no direct contact between actors and audience
When there's a fourth wall there's audience involvement
What are you thinking about when you consider sight lines?
Whether the actors onstage can see the other actors clearly
Whether all of the audience can see from where they are sitting
How to hide the script onstage so that the actors can refer to it if they forget their lines
What does blocking mean?
The decisions made about where actors enter, exit, stand and move
Breaking the play down into chunks to rehearse
Accidentally getting in the way of other actors
Which one is the strongest position on stage?
Upstage left
Downstage right
Downstage centre
Which theatre practitioner's work didn't rely upon any set, lights or costume but focused only on the actor to make theatre?
Grotowski
Brecht
Stanislavski
For which of these theatre practitioners' work would you make lights, set and costume choices that were as realistic and authentic as possible?
Grotoswski
What is a concept?
What the play is actually about
An overall vision for the piece, eg placing the play in a different time period
When the audience know what is going to happen before the characters onstage do
What is identified when you break a text down into naturally occurring small sections?
The units of action
The sections of content
The chunks of drama
Why can it be dramatically interesting to have a pause after a fast-paced section of work?
It creates contrast
It gives the actors a chance to get their breath back
It proves to the audience that the actors are capable of versatility onstage