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WorksheetsRealistic Acting: Realism and "The Method"
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
What catalysts kicked off Real Life Onstage?
Russian Revolution
Industrial Revolution
Freud's Psychoanalysis
Darwin's Origin of Species
Boredom toward current art forms
Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen and Swedish playwright August Strindberg wrote plays in the _______________________ form, where characters' past were psychoanalyzed to find performance.
Magical Realism
Psychological Realism
Vaudeville
Biomechanics
According to Stanislavski, "Stock-in-trade" acting is
a performer who makes their line sound good and relies on tricks - gimmicks - for performance.
creating an outward show, where actor and character are separate and emotions aren't felt, they're performed
an imperfect yet fresh performance, where actor and character are a blend (non-separate) and emotions are a by-product of experience
total immersion into given circumstance where the actor is the character (non-separate, one being)
According to Stanislavski, "Art of Representation" is
creating an outward show, where actor and character are separate and emotions aren't felt, they're performed
total immersion into given circumstance where the actor is the character (non-separate, one being)
a performer who makes their line sound good and relies on tricks - gimmicks - for performance.
an imperfect yet fresh performance, where actor and character are a blend (non-separate) and emotions are a by-product of experience
According to Stanislavski, "Art of Experiencing" is
creating an outward show, where actor and character are separate and emotions aren't felt, they're performed
total immersion into given circumstance where the actor is the character (non-separate, one being)
an imperfect yet fresh performance, where actor and character are a blend (non-separate) and emotions are a by-product of experience
a performer who makes their line sound good and relies on tricks - gimmicks - for performance.
___________________ by __________________ was the pivotal show which debuted the Moscow Art Theatre's new theatre form, Realism.
Hedda Gabler; Henrik Ibsen
Three Sisters; Anton Chekhov
The Seagull; Anton Chekhov
The Bluebird; Maurice Maeterlink
Vsevold Meierhold created ____________________, which ushered in Russia's Constructivism Period.
Agitprop, creating fervor with highly-charged, nationalistic, state-supported and -mandated art
Realism, where performance became a representation of real life onstage.
Symbolism, enriching theatrical experience with multi-layered meaning
Biomechanics, optimizing performance like a machine does a task
Michael Chekhov- Stanislavski's student and Anton's nephew- disagreed on what pivotal detail in Stanislavski's method?
Stanislavski lauded and doted upon Meierhold's- another student- performances and Chekhov was jealous
Chekhov believed in keeping the role/character as the center of work, preferring to lose himself in performance (as opposed to Stan's insistence on keeping the actor as the center of the work)
Chekhov found Stanislavski's work with emotional recall to be detrimental to an actor's humanness
Chekhov demanded "new forms" from Stanislavski and the MAT, later leaving the MAT to develop the avant-garde Biomechanics
What characteristic is NOT associated with Realism or any of its successors?
Improvisation of the action of the play (not games)
Tablework
Subtext
Analyzing the rhythm in a verse line for an indication of emotional quality
Analyzing the play for motivation by pinpointing given circumstances
Boleslavski and Ouspenskaya- two more of Stanislavski's students- visited ___________ in 1923 and impressed ______________ with their performances, revolutionizing American Theatre and Film.
Germany; The Meiningen Company
Paris; Stella Adler
Paris; Andre Antoine
New York City; The Group
Who is known as "The Father of Method Acting in America"?
Harold Clurman
Sanford Meisner
Lee Strasberg
Elia Kazan
In 1952, ___________________ directed ______________________ in Streetcar Named Desire by ________________________ which changed preferred performance style for Hollywood.
Elia Kazan; Marlon Brando; Tennessee Williams
Harold Clurman; Sanford Meisner; Clifford Odets
John Barrymore; Laurence Olivier; Eugene O'Neill
Joe Russo; Robert Downey, Jr; Stan Lee
Stella Adler's Emotional Substitution exercises were created as an alternative to Strasberg's __________________.
fantasy
magic if
psychological gesture
emotional recall
@ The Neighborhood Playhouse, an acting school started by ____________________, actors practice observation, undergo repetition exercises, work with activity, and practice with the fantasy.
Constantin Stanislavski
Michael Chekov
Sanford Meisner
Stella Adler
