Chapter 6: Directors

Question 1

A concept for production will guide the development of a diagram of the ground plan for the stage.

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True

Question 2

Unemployment for directors is as high as it is for actors;

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True

Question 3

Director taking on a new production. You begin the project by analyzing interpreting the text in order to create

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concept.

Question 4

As far as the various people creating a show are concerned, the director’s job is to unify.

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True

Question 5

A(n) _____ takes the unorthodox approach to directing to the extreme, using the script as a point of departure

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auteur

Question 6

Sir Cameron Mackintosh is famous for turning musicals into globally recognized brands by __________.

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representing each show with a single evocative image

Question 7

You are rehearsing a scene in a play without your script. You are said to be

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off book

Question 8

The __________ serves as a bridge between the audience and the text.

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dramaturg

Question 9

Scripts are to a carving tool as actors are to

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Clay

Question 10

Which director created productions with a then-unheard-of attention to historical accuracy?

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Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen

Question 11

What is a “slash” director?

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a director who holdsmore than one position; e.g., director and designer

Question 12

Who is most concerned with "the business of show business"?

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producer

Question 13

During technical rehearsals, the director’s focus shifts to ensuring that __________.

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the production concept is clear and everyone is “on message”

Question 14

Prior to adding in all of the technical elements, many directors invite the _____ to a complete run-through of the show.

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run crew

Question 15

Who most likely acts as the producer of university theatrical production?

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the department chair

Question 16

"Upstage" refers to

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the area at the rearof the stage farthest from the audience.

Question 17

What is “table work”?

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the first week of rehearsals actors sit around a table & read the script

Question 18

Before the emergence of the modern director, the role was filled by the

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actor-manager.

Question 19

If actors create new selves, directors create new

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Worlds

Question 20

The director has been an integral part of theatre since its conception.

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False

Question 21

Which of the following is an example of stage business?

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An actor sets the table during a scene.

Question 22

The script provides the meaning of a show; the director’s job is simply mechanical.

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False

Question 23

Richard Wagner demonstrated his concept of gesamtkunstwerk in the Ring Cycle by __________.

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controlling all of the production elements

Question 24

Once the show opens, the __________ takes control of the production.

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stage manager

Question 25

As a 1st time director, you are unsure of how to begin rehearsals & you ask someone what would be the approach

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table work with the cast.

Question 26

Producer David Merrick earned the nickname __________.

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the Abominable Showman

Question 27

Julie Taymor’s intercultural The Lion King __________.

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blends Eastern and Western influences

Question 28

Which activity is most likely to occur during table work for a production of Shakespeare’s Othello?

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The actor playing Desdemona analyzes why she stays with her husband.

Question 29

Pantomimic drama is

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Visual language

Question 30

You are a British actor in a show in which the director is combining Japanese music & Indian costumes. Your director is

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emphasizing interculturalism.

Question 31

Which scenario might require a director to use a dramaturg?

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She wants to update Romeo and Juliet to a dystopian future of gang warfare.

Question 32

When a director takes a heretical approach, what does that mean?

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unorthodox

Question 33

The heretical director’s process is in service to the playwright, and respect for the play is of paramount importance

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False

Question 34

All of the following make a good director EXCEPT

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Recognizing and training good actors

Question 35

In the process of determining a production concept, a director might conduct research in order to __________.

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understand the context of the play

Question 36

Some say that __________ is 90 percent of the director’s job when it comes to actors.

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casting

Question 37

Aristotle saw artists as

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Moral Agents

Question 38

Stage directions (stage right, stage left, etc.) are described from the __________­ perspective.

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actor’s

Chapter 6: Directors

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Chapter 6: Directors

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