Theater MTEL questions with correct answers

Preview CORRECT ANSWER Holding a performance outside of the actual production venue in order to solicit ideas for improving a show before its opening. Foreshadowing CORRECT ANSWER Foreshadowing hints to the audience what will happen later on in the play. Two examples include Ibsen's Hedda Gabler. Hedda commits suicide in the play and plays with a gun in a earlier scene. In Shakespeare's Macbeth, the witches speak in rhyme about events to come. An early form of Greco-Roman comedy called "mime." CORRECT ANSWER Actors combined dialogue with dancing and suggestive gestures, paving the way for later versions of "mime" where actors communicate only with gestures, movements, and facial expressions, rather than sound or speech. Apron Stage CORRECT ANSWER Another name for Thrust stage. Seats audience on the sides of the platform. Kabuki Theater CORRECT ANSWER Began in Japan in the late 16th Century. Addresses injustices faced by the merchant class. Originally, actors were women, but females were banned in 1629 by the government. Bunraku CORRECT ANSWER Japanese puppet theatre Quarter CORRECT ANSWER Shouted to actors by stage management backstage 15 minutes a show starts. Half CORRECT ANSWER Shouted to actors by stage management backstage 30 minutes a show starts.