A scene. Separate and doesn't lead on from previous one.

What is Epic Theatre?

Theatre that distances audience from characters.

More techniques. Which ones are from Epic Theatre?

Costumes are stereotyped, show job/position not individual.

People are called spectators because...?

Spectator suggests distance from the action, as in Epic theatre

Which of these are Epic Theatre techniques?

Actors say stage directions out loud., Actors detach from their character. Act unrealistically.

Brecht wanted plays to teach people, make them think.

What was the effect meant to do?

Prevent audience being absorbed into the play.

What was it used for?

To teach people, to respond to opinions on political issues.

More techniques, which are from Epic Theatre?

Talking to the audience-no fourth wall., Using minimal set

Which of these is an Epic Theatre play?

Mother Courage and her Children

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1
What is an episode?
A scene.
A scene, leads on from previous episode.
A scene. Separate and doesn't lead on from previous one.
A TV episode.
2
Epic Theatre is the opposite of Dramatic Theatre?
True
False
3
What is Epic Theatre?
Epic Theatre is funny
Theatre set in Elizabethan times.
Theatre that distances audience from characters.
Theatre using singing dances and dialogue to send a message.
4
What effect did Bertolt Brecht develop?
Separation effect
Uniting effect
Disquieting effect
Alienation effect
5
More techniques. Which ones are from Epic Theatre?
No narrators are used.
Actors argue with director in front of audience.
Set are simple, possibly incomplete.
Costumes are stereotyped, show job/position not individual.
6
People are called spectators because...?
All people who watch sports are called spectators.
It's just another word for 'audience'
All people who watch theatre are called spectators.
Spectator suggests distance from the action, as in Epic theatre
7
Epic Theatre was meant to prompt action against things like social justice, and other issues.
False
True
8
Which of these are Epic Theatre techniques?
Actors make it as real as possible for the audience.
Actors say stage directions out loud.
Actors detach from their character. Act unrealistically.
Actors don't say their lines.
9
Who dubbed it 'Epic Theatre'?
Bertolt Brecht
Vladimir Mayakovsky
Erwin Piscator
Stanislavski
10
Why was it created?
Brecht wanted plays to teach people, make them think.
For people's enjoyment, and to be funny.
To be a distraction from real life.
To get people involved and worrying about the characters.
11
Which of these people are Epic Theatre playwrights?
Caryl Churchill
Dario Fo
Sophocles
Shakespeare
12
What was the effect meant to do?
To distract you from the play and what it's teaching.
To make you hate the play and not pay attention to it.
Prevent audience being absorbed into the play.
To make you love the characters and care about their lives.
13
Bertolt Brecht was a Marxist, and this affected his plays and helped create Epic Theatre.
True
False
14
When was Epic Theatre created?
Mid-Late 19th Century
Late 20th Century
Early-Mid 20th Century
Early-Mid 19th Century
15
What was it used for?
To create realistic worlds for people to enjoy.
To insult people.
To make people laugh.
To teach people, to respond to opinions on political issues.
16
People watching Epic Theatre are called 'Spectators'
True
False
17
More techniques, which are from Epic Theatre?
Talking to the audience-no fourth wall.
Audience can decide what the characters in the play do.
Actors leave in the middle of the play..
Using minimal set
18
Which of these is an Epic Theatre play?
Mother Courage and her Children
High School Musical
Macbeth
Plutus

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