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