Theatre Quiz 6

What statement best characterizes the relationship between Asian and Western theatre traditions today? The Western theatre has taken liberally from Asian theatre ideas, but Asia has resolutely refused Western influence or modernization. Asian theatre has so invaded Western theatre culture that true "Western" art cannot be rightfully identified. Asian art has been weakened by persistent Western influence, and lost the purity of its techniques. Both cultures have fruitfully borrowed from each other, as they exist as truly global art forms.

Both cultures have fruitfully borrowed from each other, as they exist as truly global art forms.

Which of the following is true of theatre in Asia? It contains many diverse traditions. It primarily imitates and reshapes Western forms. There was no theatre. It supplied Western theatre with all its early dramas.

It contains many diverse traditions.

Which of the following is true about the status of the kabuki play script? Most have multiple authors, some of them anonymous, and almost all incorporating improvisations and alterations that actors have interpolated over the years. Most have a single author who acquires experience through a system of open submissions and competitions. Most have a single author from a select family who has handed down the tradition of writing for twenty generations. Most are co-authored by two to six members of different guilds who collaborate to produce a piece that accurately represents all castes in the drama.

Most have multiple authors, some of them anonymous, and almost all incorporating improvisations and alterations that actors have interpolated over the years.

Which country is the home of the oldest continuous theatre tradition? India Indonesia Vietnam China

china

Although Bunraku was once performed for adults, today it is exclusively children's entertainment in Japan and exerts little influence on Western production or playwriting. True False

false

What drama, whose name means "story play", originated in rural villages in the province of Kerala in the seventeenth century and based itself on the stories from two great Indian epics, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata? kathakali natyasastra sakuntala shivanu

kathakali

No drama may be characterized by . a curt question-answer format, like a courtroom drama, in which topical issues are debated, and in which members of the audience are invited to reply and at the end to write down their "verdict" on the issue represented. medieval, elliptical or obscure language; a small cast; static and solemn action; a glacial pace. frequent ritualized songs, accompanied by a small four-instrument orchestra, and free-form dance that is often improvised. lively conflict between characters, an action plot, and colloquial language.

medieval, elliptical or obscure language; a small cast; static and solemn action; a glacial pace.

What type of theatre is characterized by the following description: a highly ceremonial, musical and dance drama, mysterious, tragic and usually supernatural; the 240 texts produced today were written by members of a single family five hundred years ago; its lines were designed to be sung rather than spoken? bunraku kyogen kabuki no

no

Chinese Opera (Xiqu) performances offer the actor the opportunity to display the classic "fourfold" skills singing, speech, acting and movement, and martial arts and acrobatics. grace, strength, poise, and control. plot, diction, theme, and voice. physical beauty (through make-up and masks), physical prowess (through dancing and fighting), quality of voice, and stage presence.

singing, speech, acting and movement, and martial arts and acrobatics.

Because of kabuki's plots frequently ending in suicide, the government attempted to ban such plays because they were leading to real suicides as a consequence. True False

true

Kabuki dramatic types include history plays (jidaimono), domestic plays (sewamono), and dance-dramas (shosagoto). True False

true

The khon theatre mask of Thailand, the wayang wong dance drama of Java, and the kamyonguk mask-dance of Korea were all presented as part of agricultural rituals in their respective countries. True False

true