Theatre Chapter 4: Acting For the Stage

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

personal

in our everyday lives when we play different parts or take on varied characteristics to fit in, or fulfill expectations this is called: __________.

role playing

what is another name for a through line of a role

superobjective

Which of the following need to be combined in order to achieve integration of all aspects of acting?

vocal and physical skill believability inner truth

Actors can use technology to

Prepare for auditions Rehearse for a role Find auditions

The term (blank) 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.

concentration

Robert Cohen uses an exercise called ________________ where students memorize the same text but the given circumstances are changed for the scene each time.

contentless scene

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

credibility

Physical actor training closely resembles __________ training in that it requires the same discipline, long hours and physical control.

dance

Which of the following are situations for which an actor must receive extensive physical and/or vocal training?

modern on stage violence Shakespearian plays musical theatre sword fights

The following are examples of specific theatrical performances that require specialized actor training beyond realistic training:

musical theatre experimental theatre pantomime avant garde theatre

During Which Era were women allowed to perform as actors on stage?

today's theatre

True or false: Stage actors must always have an audience present.

true

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

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

Step-mother CEO Doctor

What physical skills would an actor playing Hamlet be expected to master in order to portray the role effectively?

Sword fighting Moving with confidence Moving with precision

In order to critically watch and judge theatre performances we need to be able to explore and understand __________ techniques and practices.

acting

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 or units

meyerhold copeau lecoq bogart suzuki

biomechanics commedia del arte clowning viewpoints stomping

Believable acting requires that the audience believe in the

character portrayed

When an actor is focused on a particular area of the stage, an object, or another person this is called:

circle of attention

Early in his career Stanislavski believed that focusing on an (blank 1) was the best way to produce believable action. But later in his career he believed that focusing on purposeful (blank 2) would eventually produce true feelings on stage

emotion action

Which of the following match the beliefs and teachings of Stanislavski's later work?

emphasized psychophysical action emphasized action over emotion

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

enjoy freedom from tension have lifelike movements move fluidly and effortlessly

When actors are working as a unit aware of and in conjunction with their fellow actors this is called (blank) playing.

ensemble

Only when the inner emotions and feelings and the outer physical and vocal characteristics become one, the character be forcefully and convincingly portrayed. This process is termed

integration

When actors are participating in ensemble playing they are:

listening carefully to each other

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

During the twentieth century while some acting teachers were focused on the inner workings of the actor, other acting teachers were focused on the __________ side of performance.

physical

Identify the factors that resulted in the development of more realistic acting at the end of the nineteenth century:

Audience wanted to see things that they could identify with in plays. Practitioners of theatre wanted to portray everyday life. Playwrights like Henrik Ibsen began writing more Realistic plays.

Identify the three main challenges of acting:

Believability Vocal and Physical skills Integration of skills

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

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

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

How? What? Why?

The first theatre practitioner to put together a system of acting that could be taught to others in order to reproduce truth on stage was

Konstantin slanislavski

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

Lee Strasberg

Which kind of puppets are operated by a string attached to the head, arms, and legs, and are operated from above?

Marionettes

________ action is Stanislavski's term for purposeful action:

Psychophysical

Stanislavski believed that all action performed on stage must have a

purpose

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

system

A popular actor training method that comes from Asian martial arts training is called

tai chi

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