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Drama - Y9 - From Page to Stage

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is Melodrama?

a)

A realistic style of acting

b)

A sensational dramatic piece of theatre with exaggerated characters and exciting events

c)

A way of developing character

d)

Using your body to create objects or settings

2.


What do we call the imaginary barrier that exists between the actors on stage and the audience?

a)

The great divide

b)

The third wall

c)

The fourth wall

d)

The invisible gap

3.

Which of the following is a technique used by Stanislavski?

a)

Still Images

b)

Body-as-Prop

c)

Observation

d)

Thought Tracking

4.

What is the purpose of Hot Seating?

a)

To create objects or settings using your body

b)

To answer questions from others in the group while you are 'in role'

c)

To study someone closely to capture elements of their character

d)

To use past experiences to create naturalistic emotions

5.

What does "Gait" refer to in the context of acting?

a)

How someone stands

b)

A movement made with the hands

c)

How somebody walks

d)

How near or far you are to another actor

6.

What is the "Proscenium Arch" in theatre?

a)

The imaginary divide between actors and the audience

b)

The frame that surrounds a stage space, separating the audience from the stage

c)

The very back of the stage

d)

The place where the audience sits

7.

What are given circumstances?

a)

The information the playwright gives us about a character.

b)

The script

c)

The list of characters in a play

d)

A spontaneous improvisation

8.

A soap opera is an example of what kind of theatre style?

a)

Naturalism

b)

Physical Theatre

c)

Improvisation

d)

Mime

9.

What word do we use to describe what makes your character behave the way that they do?

a)

Motivation

b)

Focus

c)

Control

d)

Wishes

10.

What does posture refer to?

a)

How you sit or stand

b)

How you walk

c)

How you move

d)

How you talk

11.

Which Stanislavski technique is being described here?

To use the imagination to see something that isn’t there. To endow an object with properties of another.

a)

Observation

b)

Emotion

c)

Visualisation

d)

Action

12.

What is emotional memory?

a)

To think about what would YOU do in

a certain situation and then think

about what YOUR CHARACTER

would do.

b)

To tap in' to past experiences in order to recreate them as realistically as possible.

c)

To think of something as being true.

d)

Closely studying someone in order to capture elements of their character.

13.

What do we call a movement, usually made with the hands, that helps communicate what you are saying?

a)

Posture

b)

Gesture

c)

Gait

d)

Proxemics

14.

What is Body as a Prop?

a)

Using your body to create objects or setting.

b)

Creating a frozen picture of a scene.

c)

Speaking your character's thoughts to the audience.

d)

Moving from one scene to another.

15.

What is being described here? A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.

a)

A Still Image

b)

Narration

c)

A Stereotype

d)

Teacher in Role