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Theatre Practitioners and Performance Styles - Epic/Cruelty/Absurd
Theatre Practitioners and Performance Styles - Epic/Cruelty/Absurd
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1
Epic Theatre aimed to alienate the audience to get them to think critically on the situations presented
False
True
2
Brecht compared his plays to
Science experiments
Cooking recipes
News reports
Home renovations
3
Brecht called his plays 'Epic Theatre' because...
They were epically good
They tell a historic story on a large scale
The characters were superheroes
They were known to go for a long time
4
Absurdist conventions/techniques include
Elaborate and realistic sets that replicate real life
An aim to mimic reality
Chaos, the illogical, incongruity and humour
Light-hearted entertainment and trivial song and dance
5
What does 'verfremdungseffect' mean in Brecht's Epic Theatre?
Dividing the audiences reactions
Having epic lighting effects
Making the familiar appear strange
Allowing the audience to connect with the characters emotionally
6
Theatre of Cruelty was created within the avant-garde movement in
Switzerland
France
Germany
America
7
Name this German theatre practitioner
Bertolt Brecht
Anthony Artaud
Brendan Brecht
Artonin Artaud
8
The 2 waves of Absurdist writing were the 1940's and 50s and then the 1950's to the early 1980s
False
True
9
Artaud believed people had been desensitised by the world. What did he do to hypnotise and shock the audience?
Use a snake charmer to brainwash them
Electrocute them
Assault their senses using music and confronting images
Assault them with physical and verbal abuse
10
What performance style was influenced by Theatre of Cruelty and early Surrealism?
Shakespearean Theatre
Commedia Dell'arte
Theatre of the Absract
Theatre of the Absurd
11
Absurd plays feature characters struggling to cope in a hostile world and
often a happy ending and sense of hope
dialogue full of answers to important life questions
a sense of randomness, repetition and going around in circles
a naturalistic acting style
12
Following WW2 , Absurdist plays have the similar belief that...
Life is a battlefield
Life is like a box of chocolates
Life is meaningless
Life is to be treasured
13
Theatre of Cruelty intentionally strives to
Show immense cruelty on stage
Break the barriers between actor and audience
Cause harm to the audience
Break down the actors psyche
14
The term 'Theatre of Cruelty' was written in Artaud's 1938 book titled...
'The Theatre and It's Double'
'The Theatre has Many Faces'
'Antonin Artaud - A Biography'
'Theatre Unmasked'
15
The audience in Theatre of Cruelty are
Spectators
Immersed in the performance
Bystanders
There to be entertained
16
'Mother Courage and Her Children' and 'The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui' were set historically but written when
1920s and 1930s
1960s and 1970s
1930s and 1940s
1940s and 1950s
17
Which of the following is NOT a technique of Epic Theatre
Narration in breaking the 4th wall
Songs to comment on the action
Realistic set to create emotion
Signs
18
Masks, ritual and movement are part of Theatre of Cruelty to create a dreamlike world
False
True
19
Which of the following is NOT a playwright from the Second Wave of Absurdism?
Edward Albee (The Zoo Story)
Tom Stoppard (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead)
Harold Pinter (The Homecoming)
George Bernard Shaw (Pygmalion)
20
Which of the following is NOT an Absurdist play from the First Wave playwrights
'The Maids' by Jean Genet
'A Doll's House' by Henrik Ibsen
'Waiting For Godot' by Samuel Beckett
'Rhinoceros' by Eugene Ionesco
21
Artaud's theatre style is reflective of his time spent
Travelling the globe
In a cult
In mental institutions
In university research labs
