Audience Configuration
Blood Brothers
Dear England
Post-War Britain
Character Process
100

If an actor gets closer to the audience, they are...

Downstage
100

Who gave birth to Edward Lyons?

Mrs Johnstone

100

Where did we go to see this play?

National Theatre

100

Who closed factories following the war?

Margaret Thatcher

100

What is a role on the wall?

The process of jotting what the character is thinking feeling and being perceived as

200

An audience who sit in a circle are sitting...

In the round

200

Who robbed a bus in Act One?

Sammy

200

Who played Gareth Southgate?

Gwilliam Lee 

200

When did the war end?

1945

200

What is hot-seating?

Preparing character by answering questions in role

300

A positive of using a trust staging...

Intimate or close to the audience / wings available / audience feeding of others' reactions

300

Through what decades was the play set?

50s / 60s / 70s

300

What audience configuration was used for the play?

Ampitheatre / Thrust

300
Why were teenagers non-existent during the war?

[Teacher to judge response]

300

How can an actor playing  Edward use method acting to prepare for a role?

Go where middle class people go / speak with RP accent for the day 

400

A negative of proscenium arch staging could be...

Less intimate / Passive watching 

400

Which town do the Johnstones move to in Act 2?

Sklemersdale

400

Who is the director of the performance we saw?

Rupert Goold

400

The name given to a modest way of living - economically that effected the household

Austerity 

400

What are Stanislavski's units and objectives

The process of outlining a part of text and adjectives to describe the intention behind it

500

When an audience is walked around a site to see a play

Promenade / Immersive Theatre

500

Linda is pregnant at the end of the play

Mickey

500

How does the play help address racism?

[Teacher to judge response]

500

What contributed to the messed up landscape of Britain post-war that we see in the overture?

Blitzkrieg Raids

500

What is conscious alley?

The process of having an ensemble speak to an actor their thoughts

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