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
