Acting 1 Final

What part of plot structure is the following text? Two households, both alike in dignity,

In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,

A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life;

Whose misadventured piteous overthrows

Do with their death bury their parents' strife.

• Exposition

• Resolution

• Climax

• Falling Action

What is Lady Macbeth saying to her husband in the following quote:
Was the hope drunk wherein you dressed yourself? Hath it slept since?And wakes it now, to look so green and pale at what it did so freely? From this time such I account thy love. Art thou afeard to be the same in thine own act and valor as thou art in desire? Wouldst thou have that which thou esteem’st the ornament of life, and live a coward in thine own esteem,Letting “I dare not” wait upon “I would, ”Like the poor cat i' th' adage?

• She is calling him a drunk
• She is calling him a coward
• She is calling him brave
• She is telling him she loves him

The result of all elements coming together of costumes, acting, tech, etc is called

• Thespians
• Motivation
• Memorization
• Production

What is the actor/director's primary responsibility to the playwright?

• To have elaborate scenery and costumes for the play

• To make the changes necessary to the dialogue that suit the audience and the actors as individuals.

• To get the audience to laugh or cry depending upon the play.

• To maintiain author's intent by not changing the dialogue or wording of the text.

Subtext is:

• The directions in parentheses written by the playwright.

• The words that are added by the Director.

• The hidden meaning behind the text. Never directly stated.

• The end notes of the play.

"Phantom of the Opera" - Prejudice, Courage

"Romeo and Juliet" - love, death, division/hatred

"The Wizard of Oz" - Fantasy, Not being content with what you have

The following are examples of:

• Styles

• Parodies

• Themes

• Playwrights

"The Crucible" is symbolic of the 1950s Communist trials, using the Salem Witch Trials as a hidden parallel. This is an example of:

• Pantomime

• Style

• Logical Fallacy

• Allegory

A dramatic device in which a character speaks to the audience. By convention the audience is to realize that the character's speech is unheard by the other characters on stage. Usually a brief comment, rather than a speech, such as a monologue or soliloquy.

• Aside

• Allegory

• Allusion

• Anaphora

Who wrote "The Glass Menagerie"?

• August Wilson

• William Shakespeare

• Augusto Boal

• Tennessee Williams

Which American playwright was famous for giving a voice to the the black community?

• Augusto Boal

• Tennessee WIlliams

• Arthur Miller

• August Wilson