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WorksheetsDrama Quiz: Roles in the Theatre, Stages and Genre
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
What does the word genre mean?
Piece
Performance
Category/Type
Style
What are the two oldest genres of theatre?
Comedy/Tragedy
Comedy/Farce
Tragedy/Farce
No one is sure
This style takes a comic look at current events/people while at the same time attempting to make a political or social statement, for example pointing out corruption.
Comedy
Farce
Improvisation
Satire
This genre is told from a first-person perspective where the performers walk through their life.
Autobiographical
Biographical
Historical
Tragedy
This genre has songs to help explain the story and move the ideas of the play along.
Physical Theatre
Fringe
Site Specific
Musical
This genre in which most or all of what is performed is unplanned or unscripted: created spontaneously by the performers.
Farce
Comedy
Improv
Immersive
______________ is a genre of theatrical performance that encompasses storytelling primarily through physical movement
Improv
Physical Theatre
Tragedy
Immersive
This is the name given to the person who writes the play.
Author
Director
Playwright
Writer
They are the ___________
Actors
Directors
Technicians
Performers
This person is in charge of the artistic elements of a production. They often have the initial creative idea (‘concept’) for a production, will work with the actors in rehearsal, and will collaborate with designers and the technical team to realise this idea in performance.
Producer
Technician
Director
Actor
This person oversees everything that happens backstage before, during and after a performance.
Director
Light Designer
Stage Manager
Crew
This person is responsible for designing the lighting states and, if required, special lighting effects for a performance.
Sound Designer
Technician
Designer
Lighting Designer
Identify the Thrust Stage.
Identify which stage has a Proscenium Arch
What do we call the front of the stage that is in front of the Proscenium Arch?
Curtain Area
Down Stage
Apron
Backstage
What type of staging makes the audience move around?
Site Specific
Platform Staging
Blackbox Staging
Promenade
Who is this?
Agatha Christie
Eugene Ionesco
William Shakespeare
Tony Stark
Which role in the theatre are you most interested in?
Which role in the theatre are you least interested in?
If you had a chance to play any character, who would you play?
