Playwriting
Plays are all ______, the entire story is conveyed in people's conversation.
What is dialogue?
1. Casting
2. Rehearsals: Read Through, Table work, Blocking, Runs
3. Tech
4. Opening Night
What is the Directing Process?
Acting is doing things ___________________________.
What is truthfully under imaginary circumstances?
Malcolm and Donalbain
Who are Duncan's two sons?
To save Torvald's life by taking a trip to Italy.
What is why Nora needed to borrow money?
Who or what playwriting so heavily focused on and why.
What is character, because you’re counting on a person to carry the plot, not the world or universe.
He is considered the "first director" for what we could call a director.
It's the bedrock of acting, it allows for genuine connection and portrayal.
What is the importance of listening in acting?
He appears at the feast Macbeth throws for the nobles, though to Macbeth's shock and horror.
Who is Banquo's ghost?
Nora's childhood friend whom she confides her secrets.
Who is Christine Linde?
Playwright who wrote over 37 plays and 150 poems and is considered the greatest playwright of all time.
Who is William Shakespeare
The system is a methodological approach of inner reflection to create the most authentic emotions and reactions on stage
What is Stanislavski's system?
Marking the script every time there is a change in thought with a transitive verb.
What is scoring the script?
The family Macbeth has murdered.
Who are the Macduff?
The card game in Topdog/Underdog.
What is the three-card monte?
Playwright who is the founder of modernism in theatre, and second most performed playwright after Shakespeare.
Who is Henrik Ibsen?
The opening beat, transitions, site and sound, and pace.
What is how the audience can 'see' directing?
Emotional armor, pushing, lack of confidence, discomfort with language and body, voice work, pre-planning, warming up, and listening.
What are ways the audience can 'see' acting?
The prophecy of Birnam Wood comes to Dunsinane Hill is fulfilled.
The two characters in Topdog/Underdog.
Who are Lincoln and Booth?
When the playwright is writing, they’re thinking about the audience. As the audience is watching, we should think about _____________________.
What is what the playwright is thinking?
A director supports fellow artists to create an environment that brings forth their best work on the stage.
Why is it important for directors to value and utilize other’s strengths?
He was born January 17, 1931. His career spans more than seven decades and he has been described as "one of America's most distinguished and versatile" actors, and "one of the greatest actors in American history".
Who is James Earl Jones?
The discrepancy in the translation from Norwegian to English, “Et Dukkenhjem"
What is A Doll's House and A Doll House?
The banker whom Nora borrows money from and then blackmails her.
Who is Krogstad?