Exam 2 Thar 281 Questions And Answers

Which significant developments happened in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries? - ANS the rise of the working class. increased life expectancy. intellectual innovation from Freud, Einstein, and Nietzsche the telephone, electric light, flying machine, and early automobile. new electronic art forms due to recording devices, film, and radio Many theatregoers and critics were scandalized by realism in the theatre because: - ANS none of the above. This new form of drama was meant to put a "slice of life" onstage so plays often had loose structures. - ANS naturalism Motivated lighting is: - ANS illumination of the stage picture that seems to come from actual onstage sources. Which of the following was/were Stanislavski's goals for his exercises and techniques? - ANS to make outward behavior of the performer natural and convincing. to have the actor or actress convey the goals and objectives of a character. to make the life of the character onstage not only dynamic but also continuous. to develop a strong sense of ensemble playing with other performers in a scene. Which of Stanislavski's methods included finding what was driving a character throughout a play? - ANS superobjective Which of Stanislavski's methods included finding the inner truth through actors imagining themselves in similar circumstances to the characters? - ANS magic if Which of the following aspects were characteristic of symbolist drama? - ANS exposes the devices of theater to make audiences aware of watching a performance. A theatricalist: - ANS exposes the devices of theater to make audiences aware of watching a performance. This new form of theatre might include a set design wherein all the doors and windows have bars on them as the protagonist, who is not imprisoned but feels as though he or she is, journeys through a series of loosely connected incidents and meets characters named MAN or CLERK. - ANS expressionism This new form of theatre tried to depict the subconscious and its major artist/theorist was André Breton. - ANS surrealism Which of the following new forms tried to put the audience at the center of the theatre experience, had an emphasis on ritual, and sometimes happened in found spaces? - ANS theater of cruelty Erwin Piscator's epic theater: - ANS was political. attempted to change traditional actor-audience relations. used documentary materials. had heightened theatrical effects. Brecht's technique of having plays set in the past but concerning contemporary events paralleling historic ones is called: - ANS historification