Theatre 101

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What is one key difference between roles in real life and roles in a play?

  • Observers are not needed for roles in a play (correct)
  • Roles in real life are always genuine
  • Roles in a play are always genuine
  • Observers are necessary for roles in real life

What are the two notions of acting mentioned in the text?

  • Formal and informal
  • Internal and external
  • Genuine and fake
  • Presentational and emotional (correct)

Who attempted to codify acting to ensure quality by setting specific poses, attitudes, and gestures to demonstrate feelings?

  • Delsarte (correct)
  • Observers
  • Diderot
  • Stanislavski

What are the key aims of Stanislavski's method acting?

<p>To have the actor convey the goals and objectives of a character (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did the past approach to acting focus on?

<p>Both formality of voice and movement (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of acting focuses on formal presentation from the outside in?

<p>Presentational acting (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is one key difference between roles in real life and roles in a play?

<p>Roles in a play are always genuine, while roles in real life are not genuine (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who attempted to codify acting by setting specific poses, attitudes, and gestures to demonstrate feelings?

<p>Diderot and Delsarte (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the two notions of acting mentioned in the text?

<p>Presentational and representational (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are Stanislavski's key aims for method acting?

<p>To have the actor convey the goals and objectives of a character (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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