B) Devising the production concept
C) Picturization
D) Casting
E) Blocking
A. tell Bible stories to an illiterate population
B. elicit contributions from wealthy patrons
C. attract tourists from distant places
D. improve the structural strength of cathedral walls
Answer: A
What is the name of the theatre director who wrote the following? “I can take any empty space and call it a bare
stage. A man walks across this empty space whilst someone else is watching him, and this is all that is needed for an act of theatre to be engaged.”
a. Julie Taymor b. Eric Bentley c. Peter Brook d. John Millington Synge
What is a castrato?
a. a woodwind instrument that developed during the early Renaissance that sounds like a hybrid of a clarinet and trumpet b. a popular term for the violin c. a high, soprano-like voice produced by adult male singers when they sing in head voice and not in full chest voice d. a celebrated female opera singer; a prima donna e. a boy or adult singer who had been castrated to keep his voice in the soprano register
A common theatre adage says that 90 percent of directing is…
Leonard Bernstein was a well-known ________.
A. author-lecturer B. conductor C. composer of orchestral and vocal works D. All answers are correct.