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WorksheetsTheatre Production Final
Total questions: 58
Worksheet time: 58mins
What are the two types of Viewpoints?
Time, Space
Soft focus, Hard focus
Shape, Tempo
There aren't two types of Viewpoints
The skill of softening your eyes to be aware of many things around you rather than just one or two
Soft focus
Hard focus
Peripheral vision
Napping
Which of these is NOT a Viewpoint?
Soft Focus
Shape
Tempo
Topography
The physical distance between people or objects
Spatial Relationship
Shape
Topography
Kinesthetic Response
Your reaction to movement happening around you
Kinesthetic Response
Spacial Relationship
Repetition
Tempo
The lines and curves of your body
Shape
Topography
Gesture
Spacial Relationship
These movements can be either Expressive or Behavioral
Gesture
Shape
Tempo
Kinesthetic Response
This can be either internal or external
Repetition
Gesture
Shape
Topography
The tangible objects in the environment around you
Architecture
Topography
Shape
Duration
The speed of a movement
Tempo
Duration
Shape
Gesture
The length of a movement
Duration
Tempo
Shape
Repetition
The pattern made by bodies moving through space
Topography
Shape
Architecture
Gesture
When might improvisation be useful for an actor?
If a scene partner drops a line
If there is a problem with a technical cue
If you forget your line or blocking
All of these
What is the definition of improvisation?
The act of creating and performing something spontaneously and without preparation.
Telling humorous jokes to make an audience laugh.
The act of preparing and performing a self-written scene or monologue.
None of these
What is the most important rule of improv?
Yes, and...
Make mistakes
Don't self edit
Commit
What are the 3 R's of being a good thespian?
respectful, responsible, ready
resourceful, ready, respectful
responsible, resourceful, respectful
resourceful, reactive, ruthless
When in real life might the skill of improv be useful?
During a job interview
If a piece of equipment breaks at work
When solving a problem under a deadline
All of these
What is improv theatre?
Theatre that is made up on the spot
Theatre that is funny
Theatre that is written by the performers
Theatre with non-professional actors
What is meant by the rule "you are not alone"
You must collaborate with the other improver(s) on stage
You must talk to the audience
You must make yourself look better than the other improver(s)
None of these
Also called a "paranthetical"
Stage direction
Cue line
Dramatis personae
Entrance
List of characters in the play
Stage direction
Dramatis personae
Cue line
Exit
Indicates when it is a character's turn to speak
Stage direction
Dramatis personae
Cue line
Entrance
When a character comes on to the stage
Entrance
Exit
Cue line
Stage direction
When a character leaves the stage
Entrance
Exit
Stage direction
Cue line
What a character WANTS
Objective
Obstacle
Action
Beat
Keeps the character from getting what they want
Obstacle
Objective
Action
Beat
What a character DOES to get what they want
Objective
Obstacle
Action
Beat
What is a "beat"
A piece of action in a play
An indication of music in a play
The beginning of a play
When a character in a play hits another character
What often indicates a beat change?
A character enters or exits
A character accomplishes their objective
Some outside force changes the flow of the scene
All of these
What do you call a character who opposes the protagonist?
Deuteragonist
Antagonist
Protagonist
Tritagonist
What is Shakespeare's first name?
William
Wallace
Stephen
Malcolm
Who wrote The Merchant of Venice?
William Shakespeare
Christopher Marlowe
Tony Kushner
Jennifer Riley
Who is the father of modern naturalistic acting?
Stanislavsky
Chekhov
Shakespeare
Freud
How long has naturalistic acting as we know it existed?
about 100 years
about 200 years
about 300 years
about 400 years
Shakespeare's plays were primarily written in...
Verse
Prose
Song
Braille
Verse that does not feature rhyme is known as
Blank verse
Plain verse
Real verse
Boring verse
Shakespeare wrote in a meter of verse called
Iambic pentameter
Iambic trimeter
Iambic tetrameter
Dactylic hexameter
Shakespeare's verse featured how many feet per line?
3
4
5
6
How many syllables are found in each foot of Shakespeare's verse?
1
2
3
4
A syllable in a foot of meter that is given more weight is called
Stressed
Emphasized
Elongated
Loud
The act of removing a vowel from a word to make it fewer syllables to fit a meter of verse is called
Ellision
Contraction
Foreshortening
Destruction
A short line in a speech is typically indicative of
A pause
An interruption
A song
A mistake
Shakespeare wrote his plays in rhyme.
True
False
Shakespearian actors were given the full script before rehearsing.
True
False
Shakespearian actors had MORE rehearsal time than actors do today.
True
False
The line that indicates it is another actor's turn to speak is called a
cue line
short line
big line
important line
John Barton was a director for this theatre company
The Royal Shakespeare Company
The Earle Gray Players
The Lord Chamberlain's Men
The Mad Duck Theatre Collective
Verse makes it EASIER for an actor to know how to say their lines
True
False
Shakespeare's later plays often stuck MORE to the verse
True
False
Shakespeare never wrote plays in prose.
True
False
How man vowel sounds does the word "Time" have when pronounced in the Elizabethan way?
1
2
3
4
To keep from falling into a trap, one should always look for what in a speech?
Variety
Similarity
Emotion
Words
Elizabethans often did this with language.
Relished it
Hated it
Ignored it
Forgot it
What modern accent probably sounds most like Elizabethan English?
Standard British
American
Scottish
Canadian
According to Hamlet, one should always match the action to the...
Word
Intent
Emotion
Desire
What is a contrast or opposition between two things, which John Barton stresses the importance of?
Antithesis
Homophone
Animus
Simile
Often when acting Shakespeare, John Barton argues, one should put the words before the character.
True
False
When beginning to work on a piece of Shakespeare, it is best to start with the...
Words
Character
Emotion
Intent
