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Module 1: What is theatre? What is a play?

Chapter Questions

Read the "Introduction" (pages 1 to 5), Chapter 1 "What Is Theatre" (pages 6 to 19), and Chapter 2 "What Is a Play" (pages 20 to 35) in your textbook.

Choose only 5 of these questions to answer. Write your answers in your own words; if you choose to quote from the textbook, remember to identify the source. Sample:

Question 0 – Give an example of one of the paradoxes of theatre.

 Answer – Despite many weeks of rehearsals, an actor is expected to “…‘live in the moment’ during…performance” (Cohen & Sherman, 2020, p. 5) as though this is the first time for the character to say these words and do these actions.

Question #

Chapter

Questions

1

1

Provide evidence that theatre is difficult work.

2

1

Identify the two modes of performance and explain the differences.

3

1

Explain how theatre is “repetition with a difference.”

4

2

Explain the difference between plot and story.

5

2

Define CONVENTION as it applies to theatre, and give an example as provided in the textbook.

6

2

This is a two-part question:

Give an example of Pre-Play.

Name the two reasons for the use of a curtain call.

7

2

Define the four parts of a play.