Theatre Chapter 5 Quiz

In order to help an actor with his or her through line of a role Stanislavski suggested that the actors split the play into smaller parts called _____.

Beats

Which of the following require an actor to pay particular attention to vocal training?

Breath control; Classic plays; Projecting the voice without amplification

The term ______ __ _________ refers to the skill in Stanislavski's System of acting whereby an actor focuses his or her entire attention on an object, person or task to the exclusion of all else.

Circle of attention

An actor has ___________ when he or she is able to convince the audience of the truth of their characters.

Credibility

Which of the following are social roles we play in our everyday lives?

Doctor CEO Step-mother

Early in his career Stanislavski believed that focusing on an _______ was the best way to produce believable action. But later in his career he believed that focusing on purposeful _____ would eventually produce true feelings on stage.

Emotion Action

When actors are working as a unit aware of and in conjunction with their fellow actors this is called ________ _______.

Ensemble Playing

When an actor achieves the state of relaxation on stage he or she is much better able to ___________, __________, __________.

Have lifelike movements; Move fluidly and effortlessly; Enjoy freedom from tension

The factors that led to the development of Stanislavski's System of acting included:

His desire to pass along ways to achieve believable acting; His observations of believable actors; His work with Anton Chekhov

Which three questions did Stanislavski believe an actor needed to answer about on stage action?

How? What? Why?

When we take on the characteristics of another person for amusement or to tell a story it is called _______.

Imitation

The three most important aspects of actor training are: inner feelings, vocal and movement skills, and the ability to synthesize or ______ them into a whole.

Integration

Identify the three main challenges of acting:

Integration of skills; Vocal and Physical skills; Believability

Which of the following modern acting teachers stressed emotional recall as the most important part of their teachings?

Lee Strasberg

In Stanislavski's System of Acting the term _____ __ refers to an acting exercise whereby the actor imagines him or herself in the same situation as the character.

Magic If

Match the twentieth century acting teacher and their methods: Meyerhold Copeau Lecoq Bogart Suzuki

Meyerhold --> Biomechanics Copeau --> Commedia del arte Lecoq --> Clowing Bogart --> Viewpoints Suzuki --> Stomping

Name the type of roles we play with our friends and family.

Personal

Which of the following are characteristics of Asian Theatre actor training?

Physical actor training that has had global influence; Absolute control and concentration over the body and nervous system; Symbolism and stylization

______________ action is Stanislavski's term for purposeful action.

Psychophysical

Stanislavski developed a ______ by which he could teach future generations the secrets of realistic, believable acting.

System

If an actor's projection is not good or if they move awkwardly on stage we can surmise that they have not mastered the __________ of physical and vocal acting.

Techniques

Which of the following statements about acting on stage are true?

The actor must have an audience present; The actor plays characters that are not real but representations of people

What characteristics of musical theatre acting does this photo reflect?

The performer must have experience and skill in learning choreography; The performer must have training in acting; The performer must have training in ballet