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WorksheetsActing 1 Final
Total questions: 63
Worksheet time: 48mins
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
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?
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
What is the expected attire of a stagehand in the professional world?
Graphic tshirt, blue jeans, sneakers
A fancy suit
A character costume
All black clothing
Marc Antony talking about Julius Caesar:
He hath brought many captives home to Rome
Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill:
Did this in Caesar seem ambitious?
When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept:
Ambition should be made of sterner stuff:
Yet Brutus says he was ambitious;
And Brutus is an honourable man.
You all did see that on the Lupercal
I thrice presented him a kingly crown,
Which he did thrice refuse: was this ambition?
Marc Antony is agreeing with Brutus that Caesar's fatal flaw was being too ambitious.
Marc Antony is arguing with Brutus that Caesar was not too ambitious.
In acting, beats are:
Changes for emotional shifts in the text, possible pauses
Rhythmic phrases with music
Moments to break character
When the actor does a monologue
A Stage Manager:
Calls technical cues on the clearcom
Writes down the Director's blocking
Makes sure actors are on time for rehearsals
All of the above
Augusto Boal started the movement for:
Theatre of the Oppressed
Theatre of the Absurd
Shakespearian Theatre
Method Acting
A type of Theatre Oppressed is:
Pantomime
Method Acting
Forum Theatre
Classical Theatre
A collection of plays is called:
An Anthology
An Opera
An Ensemble
A Production
What is the one thing a director or actor cannot change in the script?
Setting
Costumes
Staging
Word Choice
Style can affect
Gesture and physical choices by the actor
Costuming of the performer
The way that actor speaks
All of the above
It is a responsibility of the actor to maintain this by not changing the dialogue and learning the lines as they are written:
Work Ethic
Author's Intent
Ensemble
Gesture
Which pair most likely works most closely together?
House Manager and Usher
Publicist and Musical Director
Stagehand and Costume Designer
Stage Manager and Box office worker
Hidden meaning not directly stated in the script is called:
Hidden Intention
Emotion
Style
Subtext
When a political candidate answers with a distracting comment instead of actually answering a reporter's question it's an example of a ________________________
Red Herring
Bandwagon
Rogerian Argument
Slippery Slope
This person makes all creative decisions for the play. They will also instruct the actors on blocking and line delivery.
Leading Actor
Director
Stage Manager
Marketing Team
Holding for laughs is _____________________________________
Not breaking character
Laughing at your own joke so the audience knows it's ok
Waiting for peak laughter to die down before delivering the next line
Overdoing your character
A stage manager calls cues on _______________________________
A microphone
A megaphone
A laptop
A clearcom
Who is the father of Method Acting, aka Realism?
Shakespeare
Boal
Socrates
Stanislavski
When you use your personal experiences or emotional recall to get into the mind of a character you are using
Sense Memory
Motivation
Style
Beats
The who, what, where, and why of a script is called:
Realism
Given Circumstances
Method
Style
Which famous team is credited with having written the first true broadway musical?
Lerner and Lowe
Rodgers and Hart
Rodgers and Hammerstein
Comden and Green
What is credited as being the first true Broadway Musical?
Phantom of the Opera
Les Miserables
Hamilton
Oklahoma
What great historical event influenced "The Glass Menagerie"?
The Great Depression
The American Revolution
The Civil War
The Industrial Revolution
