Exploring Theatre: Ch. 1, 2, & 12

What is a repeated custom or ceremony and the foundation of theatre?

• Dramatic Structure

• Ritual

• Conventions

• Acting

True/False: The Wizard of Oz is a book by Frank Baum, an MGM movie,  and a musical by John Kane, Harold Arlen, and E.Y. Harburg. These are all different forms of the same content.  

• True

• False

What is the essence of drama?

• Acting

• Conflict

• Conventions

• Etiquette

What is living truthfully under imaginary circumstances?

• Acting

• Conflict

• Conventions

• Inner Monologue

What is pretending what's happening on stage is real?

• Aesthetic Distance/Audience Viewpoint

• Dramatic Structure

• Theatre Conventions

• Suspend Belief/Willing Suspension of Disbelief

Who are the people who play the characters?

• Conventions

• Characters

• Actors

• Playwright

What is the golden rule?

• Engrain in your brain.

• Participate.

• Commit to the bit.

• Treat others the way you want to be treated.

The actors are portraying what?

• Applause

• Characters

• Playwrights

• Conventions

What is the written text of a play?

• Dramatic Structure

• Aesthetic Distance

• Suspend Belief

• Script

Who writes the play?

• Director

• Actor

• Playwright

• Producer