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Theatre Practitioners and Theory Flashcards

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  1. Konstantin Stanislavski's concept of 'units and objectives' requires actors to divide a scene into what?

    Answer: Smaller playable sections each driven by a specific character want

    Dividing scenes into units allows actors to identify a clear objective (what the character wants) in each section, making the role actively playable.

  2. Bertolt Brecht founded which famous theatre company in East Berlin in 1949?

    Answer: The Berliner Ensemble

    Brecht co-founded the Berliner Ensemble with his wife Helene Weigel, where he staged definitive productions of his own Epic Theatre works.

  3. Which theatre practitioner developed the technique of 'psychological gesture' as a tool for actor training?

    Answer: Michael Chekhov

    Michael Chekhov developed the psychological gesture — a bold, expressive physical movement that captures a character's essential psychology.

  4. In Augusto Boal's 'Image Theatre,' participants communicate primarily through what means?

    Answer: Silent frozen body sculptures and physical arrangements

    Image Theatre uses still physical tableaux rather than words, allowing participants to express and explore social realities non-verbally.

  5. The concept of 'postdramatic theatre,' theorized by Hans-Thies Lehmann, describes performances that do which of the following?

    Answer: Deconstruct or move beyond the text-based dramatic tradition

    Lehmann's postdramatic theatre describes contemporary work that no longer subordinates all elements to the dramatic text, prioritizing performance over story.

  6. In Stanislavski's system, the 'through-line of action' (or super-objective) refers to what?

    Answer: The single overarching want that drives a character throughout the entire play

    The through-line of action (super-objective) is the character's ultimate, overarching goal that unifies all their smaller objectives throughout the play.

  7. Peter Brook's 'Holy Theatre' is best described as theatre that does which of the following?

    Answer: Makes visible the invisible — expressing spiritual or transcendent experience

    Brook's Holy Theatre aspires to reveal what cannot be seen in everyday life, giving form to inner, invisible, or spiritual dimensions of human experience.