Understanding Acting and Playwriting

What is the primary role of an actor according to the text?

• To entertain the audience

• To communicate the playwright's message

• To improvise a new story

• To write the script

Most plays today are written in (a)   style.

• Improvisational style
• Presentational style
• Representational style
• Melodramatic style

A key characteristic of representational plays is that actors (a)   with the audience.

• Actors interact with the audience
• Actors do not interact with the aud
• The audience writes the script
• The play is improvised

What is the purpose of researching a character before auditioning?

• To memorize the script

• To fit the playwright's intent and entertain the audience

• To rewrite the character's lines

• To change the character's background

What does the 'outer skin' of a character represent?

• The actor's costume

• The character's dialogue

• The initial description of the character

• The character's emotions

The next layer of a character after the initial description is (a)  

• The character's actions
• The subtext
• The character's history
• The character's future

What is the final layer of a character according to the text?

• The character's costume

• The actor's and director's personal interpretations

• The character's dialogue

• The audience's feedback

What is emotional acting also called?

• Technical acting

• Method acting

• Improvisational acting

• Classical acting

Who developed the concept of emotional acting?

• Lee Strasberg

• Konstantin Stanislavski

• Stella Adler

• Sanford Meisner

Match the following acting styles with their potential downfalls.

• Unprepared acting

• Actors forget their lines

• Technical acting

• Actors rely too much on improvisation

• Method acting

• Actors are less involved in their characters

• Improvisational acting

• Actors become too emotional