GCSE DRAMA STARTER

Devising is

• learning lines

• creating drama

• working with script

• improvising

A polished improvisation is

• a short scene

• a script for two people

• devised drama that has been rehearsed

• devised drama that is done 'on the spot'

MONTAGE is

• a series of moments performed as a whole

• a collection of scenes

• a collection of monologues

• a flashback next to a flash-forward

CONTEXT refers to

• the playwright

• the situation

• when and where the play was written and when and where it is set.

• the cultural heritage of the play

EPIC THEATRE was developed by

• Artaud

• Shakespeare

• Stanislavski

• Bertolt Brecht,

The style of a play is

• the type of play

• usually naturalistic

• how many are in the ensemble

• how the work is presented on stage.

Melodrama

• is very realistic

• is empathetic

• features an over-the-top acting style and stock characters.

• is associated with tragedy

Plays can feature different genres

• True

• False

Brecht wanted his audience to empathise with the characters True or False?

• TRUE

• FALSE

Who invented the technique Emotional memory ?

• Stanislavski

• Brecht

• Grotowski

• Pinter