Chapter 4 Pantomime, Stanislavski, and Marceau

Who wrote "The Poetic Halo"?

A goal of the Stanislavski's method was: to know and carry out the objectives or inner needs of a character

Mime is a newer form of theatre created to cross language barriers

telling a story or presenting an idea through bodily movement and expression rather than words

What is the best answer for this definition? "White makeup often used by mimes"

An actor who communicates through movements of the body and face, but does not speak.

The most famous mime in the world (1923-2007)

An actor who uses imagination + sense memory to recall experiences is able to subtitute them for those of the character

Stanislavski said that the actor must answer "What would I do IF I were..." This is called____________

A goal of the Stanislavski's method was: to thine ownself be true

It wasn't until Lee Strasberg took over the Actors Studio that Stanislavski's system became known as "The Method."

A couple of Marcel Marceau's most famous pantomimes include

A goal of the Stanislavski's was: to make the external behavior - movement and voice - a beautiful, but artifical facade

Choose the best answer: Konstantin Stanislavski was

Stanislavski co-founded the Moscow Art Theatre

Stanislavski co-founded the Group Theatre

The English word "mime" comes from the Russian word "mimos," meaning "To perform" or "To do."

Makeup that is pressed into a hard round cake and applied with a wet sponge

The Actors Studio in New York is and was based on Stanislavski's teachings

Using expressions and body movement to communicate rather than words

Stanislavski co-founded the Actors Studio

1 goal of KS's: to make the life of the character onstage continuous, with a past and future, and a life between scenes

Some graduates of the Actors Studio include Alec Baldwin, Robert De Niro, Sidney Portier, Marlon Brando, and James Dean

According to Stanislavski, the emotional reality of the actor is secondary only to the script's reality or truthfulness

Bradley Cooper and Sean Penn are among the recent gradaute of the Actors Studio

Which of these is a famous quote by Stanislavski highlighted in the text book?