WorksheetsTheatre as an Artform part 2
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What is an artist's medium?
A secret menu item at Starbucks
A fortune teller
The material art is made of
A magazine that review paintings from new artists
When the audience sees the actor, but chooses to believe in the character and the world of the show, what is this called?
The paradox of the actor
The Dierdot Formula
The medium of the artist
The suspension of disbelief
What is the symbol for theatre?
Two flying birds
The mask
The golden staff
The blue goblet
What does the mask symbolize?
The way that the actor transforms into the character
The way that a hunter stalks a deer
The way that a scientist analyzes lab results
The manner in which a student takes a test
What culture once had performances that featured actors who all wore masks?
Ancient Greece
Ancient Peru
Modern-day Uzbekistan
Ancient Spain
Who invented the term, "the paradox of the actor"?
Steven Spielberg
Denis Dierdot
Viola Spolin
Euripides
What is a paradox?
A self-contradictory, but usually wise statement
The idea that actors are liars
Two docks,built side-by-side on a river
An actor wearing a mask
What is the paradox of the actor?
The idea that when theatre is done well, the actor no longer exists
The idea that when theatre is done well, the actor is no longer alive
The idea that when theatre is done well, the theatre closes down
The idea that when theatre is done well, the actor no longer innovates
Which of these are examples of the modern mask?
Makeup
Costumes
The actor's natural accent
Wigs
False Teeth
If the actor is doing a good job, the audience will be drawn into the world of the play. Even though they know what they're seeing isn't real, they will still choose to suspend their _________________________.
Anxiety
Disbelief
Joy
Anger
