INART2: Modern Theatre

Please complete this sentence. Elizabethan drama was...

• Actor-centred

• Focused on Technical Theatre

• Playwright-centred

• Language-centred

Method Acting is credited to...

• Konstantin Stanislavski

• Henrik Ibsen

• Bertolt Brecht

• Anton Chekov

The creation of verfremdungseffekt is credited to...

• Anton Chekov

• Bertolt Brecht

• August Strindberg

• Henrik Ibsen

Who is the Father of Realism?

• Anton Chekov

• Henrik Ibsen

• August Strindberg

• Bertolt Brecht

Which of the following statements about Modern Theatre is NOT true?

• Modern Theatre maintained the "Fourth Wall".

• Modern Theatre focused on the sub-text in addition to the text.

• Set changes were common in Modern Theatre

• Modern Theatre gave rise to a change in acting style.

The "Orchestra" is derived from the Greek word for "dancing place".

• False

• True