WorksheetsTheatre I Final
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
A conversation among characters?
Monologue
Stage Direction
Dialogue
Speaking role
What is another word for a problem in a drama?
Issue
Drama
Fight
Conflict
Plays are broken down into?
Acts
Scripts
People
Story type
Acts can be broken down into?
Monologues
Scenes
Different parts
Genre
What are stage directions?
A script
What the actors read on stage
Notes to the Actors, Directors, and readers
The narrators lines
Actress
Stage Manager
Sound Designer
Stage Makeup Artist
A dramatic device in which a character speaks his or her thoughts aloud, in words meant to be heard by the audience but not by the other characters
A signal from the stage manager to actor, stage crew props manager, or lighting technician that some predetermined action such as an entrance is required
A division of an act or the play itself
A work written to be spoken by just one person.
The character opposing the protagonist.
Comedy
Act
Climax
Antagonist
Turning point in the action of a play.
Climax
Spectacle
Conflict
Act
The basic idea or purpose of the play. It ties together all the characters and events.
Conflict
Theme
Act
Comedy
What is a physical copy of the show that is being performed that has character lines and stage directions in it called?
Blocking
Strike
Script
Crossing
Check all that apply:
Drama is meant to be
performed live
performed for an audience
performed alone, no one watching
acted out, not just read
The formal name for the person who writes a script is
director
author
playwright
technician
A script should contain (mark all that apply)
Quotation marks " " so the actors know which words to say
Where to purchase costumes
Stage directions so the actors know what to do
Characters names in ALL CAPS
How much the tickets will cost
True or False: To be interesting to an audience, a conflict needs to be a physical fight between characters.
True
False
A conflict is
when one character wants something and another character is in the way
always a physical fight
is two characters agreeing to watching the same movie
a character finishing eating a bag of peanuts
Another way to state conflict in drama is dramatic tension. Dramatic tension can be between (check all that apply):
Character vs. Character
Character vs. Situation
The city vs. The beach
Character vs. Self
_______ and ________ qualities help an actor create his/her character.
Stage, directions
Costumes, technical
Vocal, physical
Costumes, vocal
True or False: When an actor uses facial and hand gestures, it helps create the character.
True
False
If an actor smiles to enhance his/her character, that is a ____gesture.
hand
facial
kind
weird
When an actor is rehearsing, he/she needs to follow the _____ provided by the playwright.
quotations
set descriptions
stage directions
lighting plot
It's easy to find the stage directions in a script. Just look for
( )
" "
@ @
# #
An actor, portraying a character cooking a meal, touches a stove and pulls his hand back. The audience will think
he needs medical attention
there is something on the set he doesn't like
he messed up and the play will end
he touched a hot surface
The lines actors speak help the audience know (mark all that apply)
what the conflict is
where the actors had dinner
all of these
what the story is about
who the characters are
A piece of dramatic work for the stage
a play
stage
dialogue
to practice the lines of the play before there is an audience (a verb)
to act
to rehearse
to sing
what the actors say in the play or film
actor/actress
lines
comedy
a play with a sad or unhappy ending
curtain
comedy
tragedy
all the people in the play
tragedy
cast
scene
a play with a funny or happy ending
comedy
dialogue
tragedy
when the actor plays a role in the theatre or in the film (a verb)
to pretend
to act
stage
the background or the furniture on the stage/in the film
scenery/set
script
monologue
What is the signal for something to happen?
Cue
Give
Set
Tempo
What does objective mean?
It refers to what the character wants.
It refers to what stands in the way of the character.
It refers to the underlying meaning of what is being said.
None of these.
What does obstacle mean in acting?
It refers to what the character wants.
It refers to what is standing in the way of the character getting what they want.
It refers to the underling meaning of what is being said.
None of these.
What is a tactic?
A noun that helps create obstacles.
A verb that helps the character get what they want.
Both of these.
None of these.
