THE-101 CH 3 & 6
In the context of a play, which of the following is an example of a tagline that is philosophical?
"a play about expressing yourself"
In the context of collaborating with actors, which of the following are true of a director?
A director is actors' guide who initiates and leads the various activities that will occupy the actors during each rehearsal. A director provides an atmosphere in which actors can feel free to liberate their powers of sensitivity and creativity.
Why is discipline so important for actors?
Actors need to stay focused and sensitive to the demands of the work.
Which of the following are true of the casting process?
Actors read material from the play being produced during auditions. The director coaches the actors in a callback audition. Actors read a previously prepared monologue during auditions.
Which of the following are true of vocal and bodily control in terms of acting?
All acting approaches work to give the actor control over their body. Actors' control of their bodies and voices has led to many memorably powerful moments in the theatre. In eighteenth-century England, the renowned actor David Garrick reached fame for his ability to control his facial expressions.
How does an audience impact the actors performing before them?
Even when the audience is silent and unseen, the actors can feel their presence and get an indication of their attentiveness by their silence.
In a production design, which of the following are true of the personal conferences between director and designers?
Often the first design conference is a collective meeting. In America's regional professional theatres, many of these conferences take place online via live video conferences.
Which of the following are true of production design?
Often the first step involves the director discussing their concept in detail and suggesting some possibilities for its visual realization. It takes place in a series of personal conferences between director and designers.
Which of the following are true of rehearsals?
Rehearsals makes patterns and breaks them—and then makes them anew. Plays are ordinarily rehearsed in a matter of weeks.
Which of the following is true of training in the context of acting?
The doing of technique and training must slowly become the being of a character.
Which of the following is true of the history of the role of the "director"?
The emergence of the director resulted from the stylistic growth of the theatre itself.
Identify the elements of a rehearsal period.
The foundation of the play is discovered. Acting choices are established, detailed, and drilled into the actors' muscle memories.
Which of the following statements reflects the paradox of being an actor according to the French essayist Dennis Diderot?
The only way an actor can consistently convince an audience of a sincerely felt emotion is to not feel the emotion.
Actors reading from prepared monologues is a step in the
casting process
in the final rehearsals, a director's role involves
coordinating different elements of the production: the concept and the designs, the acting and the staging, the pace and the performance.
Today's directors are likely to adapt a script when it is not protected by ______ laws
copywright
A director's ______ concept is the image, idea, style, or emotion that focuses the production by bringing out some aspect of the original play.
core
Which type of directorial concept is required of every production?
core concept
What are the two types of directorial concepts?
core concept and high concept
Unlike a realist director, the goal of an "antirealist" director is to
create sheer theatrical brilliance, beauty, and excitement
In adapting classic plays, today's directors may take which of the following steps?
cutting lines to reduce performance time radically transforming aspects of the original dramaturgy modernizing archaic words to improve audience comprehension
Even when the audience is silent and unseen, the actors can feel their presence and get an indication of their attentiveness by their silence.
dealing with the artistic aspects of the production
Which of the following can be virtues of a "high-concept" production?
deconstructing a work by highlighting its artifice introducing highly unexpected insights into character, story, or style
A ______ is responsible for scheduling the work process and supervising the acting, designing, staging, and technical operation of the play.
director
The Japanese noh master Zeami was most similar to the ______ in Western theatre?
director
which of the following roles most likely demands a comprehensive understanding of the theatre in all its aspects?
director
during which stage of the theatrical process do actors use their costumes for the first time?
dress rehearsal
A high-concept production radically changes the terms of the original script as, for example, when the play is reset in a time period or style unanticipated by the original script.
high
Which of the following are part of the actor's approach to creating a character?
identifying the character's tactics finding the character's goal
When did an independent "director" come to prominence?
in the nineteenth century
The second stage of an actor's routine is to
learn the part
What do actors do during rehearsal periods?
learn their movements around the stage memorize their lines discuss the play with the director experiment with delivering their lines
Which of the following are components of actor training?
learning discipline creating a character
which of the following are added to the technical rehearsals
lighting scenery
which of the following describes the directing process?
long and involved
What are some of the tasks of the director during the implementation period?
maintain the schedule facilitate communication inspire the team
Which of the following are demands placed on a typical actor?
mutual respect extreme concentration physical health
What is the director's relationship to their actors?
they act as guides and coaches
which of the following should be the aim of staging
to create focus for the play's themes to lend credibility to the play's characters
What is the director's role in production design?
to discuss their concepts with the designers to meet with the designers, sometimes one-on-one
what is the main goal of blocking
to focus the audience's attention on significant aspects
In trying to develop a core concept for a production, a director might do which of the following?
try to prioritize one image or idea from the original script try to imagine how the play might be publicized, either as a poster or a tagline
The two external qualities used by all actors are
voice and body
When is the actors' mettle put to the ultimate test?
when they perform before a live audience
What must any serious actor prepare for a typical play audition?
a monologue
Which of the following describes a monologue that would be prepared for an audition?
a one- or two-minute speech from a play
What is a "side"?
a selection of the script
Which of the following are traits of a well-trained director?
a strong literary imagination a thorough working knowledge of the history of the theatre a knowledge of the potential of various theatre technologies
The productions of George II, the Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, focused more on
a total collective of actors
Unlike realist directors, directors of antirealism are more focused on
abstract goals of originality
In addition to managing a production's finances, a producer may also be in charge of
acquiring a theatre space handling the advertising
in addition to managing a production's finances, a producer may also be in charge of ______.
acquiring a theatre space handling the advertising
During the implementation period, the director must
assemble the artistic team
What are the three stages of the actors professional routine?
audition, rehearsal, and performance
What is the basic structure of staging called?
blocking
A play's "______ pattern" is its overall framework of movement, including entrances, exits, crosses, and other physical actions; it may be planned by the director ahead of time or may emerge through improvisation and rehearsal.
blocking staging
The "teacher-director" reached a pinnacle of influence during the late Enlightenment and Victorian eras (18th and 19th centuries) because
of an increased emphasis on productions of classical plays of an increased emphasis on rationality and research both in culture and the theatre
Unlike a director, who is charged with organizing the onstage performance, a Blank______ is tasked with turning the play into a performance by helping acquire the finances, a theatre space, some designers, actors, crews, and, if needed, the legal rights to perform the particular script.
producer
In determining the staging of a play, a director's main tasks include
provoking suspenseful involvement in the play's events unifying the play's appearance
Identify the type of tagline that the following phrase best exemplifies: "a play about needing to be heard."
psychological
Although they both worked in various styles, André Antoine and Konstantin Stanislavsky are both typically associated with
realism
Which of the following does a director do in the final stages of rehearsal?
reexamine the original concept in light of the actual production that has emerged
A director's role in the design process involves
sharing the responsibility with the designers in a developing enterprise
What does a director look for in an audition?
someone who will complement the ensemble physical suitability of the actor the actor's ease at handling the role
A play's "______ pattern" is its overall framework of movement, including entrances, exits, crosses, and other physical actions; it may be planned by the director ahead of time or may emerge through improvisation and rehearsal.
staging blocking
The playwrights and leading actors who, before the nineteenth century, helped to stage performances can be referred to as
teacher-directors
The rehearsal period is where the director interacts with
the actors the designers
the rehearsal period is where the director interacts with
the actors the designers
When creating a character, an actor will prepare for a role by emphasizing which of the following?
the character's goals and objectives the tactics her character employs
In criticizing the pace of a production, a theatre reviewer is probably criticizing who?
the director
The process of directing a play is long and can be split into two periods, which are
the preparation period and the implementation period
The paradox of acting has been part of discussions of acting since
the time of plato
The idea of the director as an artistic guide is associated with
the west
What is the ideal pace for a play?
there is no ideal pace: directors must take into account a range of factors