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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which country produced a television version of Ubu Roi which captivated the audience with its surrealism?

2. In performance, what is the relationship the author establishes?

3. "Anyone interested in processes in the natural world would be very rewarded by a study of" what?

4. Who wrote The Three Sisters?

5. In the third section of the book the author claims, "It is always the ______ theatre that saves the day."

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Bertolt Brecht and what was his major contribution to the modern theatre?

2. What does the author discuss as an ideal in Marat/Sade?

3. How does the author approach form and content between the actor and director?

4. How does the author describe the difference between staging in "rough" theatre versus traditional theatre?

5. How does the author discuss the process of theatre design?

6. What is one example of Shakespeare's which the author uses as an example in "The Rough Theatre", and what is he saying with this example?

7. What is the difference and similarity between a "Happening" and "alienation"?

8. How does the author view Method acting?

9. What is the common thread between human existence and approach to process in the theatre?

10. How does the author feel that Brecht approaches the "Holy"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the playwright/theorist/director, Bertolt Brecht. What innovations to the theatre did this figure create? How is he the most influential writer of the contemporary stage?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the author of The Empty Space. What are his major contributions to the theatre? What makes him an innovative figure in the artistic community?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss "The Holy Theatre." What does this term mean? How is Holy Theatre achieved? What are its principle elements and concerns?

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