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Discuss "believability." What are its characteristics? Does believability depend upon the circumstances and style of a production as a whole? Discuss different levels of "exaggeration" in contemporary television shows and films. How does exaggeration relate to believability? For instance, examine Ian McKellen's interpretation of Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings. Is he believable as a character? Is he realistic?

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________ had a chorus that sang and danced odes.

A) Greek theatre
B) Asian theatre
C) Renaissance theatre
D) Seventeenth-century French theatre
E) Eighteenth- and nineteenth-century English theatre

F) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

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Stanislavski developed this technique of purposeful acting in which action is the key to the most direct route to the emotions.

The remembering of a past emotional experience in the performer's life that is similar to the emotion he or she must attain in the play is called ________.

In America, the interpretation of Stanislavsky's ideas by Lee Strasberg at the Actor's Studio has caused controversy, because many people feel that he emphasized

When a performer is required to play several roles in the same play, this is called

List examples of imitation, mimicry, and role-playing found in personal experience.

Which one of the following is NOT one of Stanislavsky's four broad aims of actor training?

Stanislavsky believed in the ________; he placed emphasis on concrete details in a performance.

Each of us fills only one social role.

Performers wore heavy make-up, elaborate costumes and employed stylized movement in which period?

While acting is prevalent in real life, there are times when such role-playing is not acceptable. Discuss such instances. Is it possible to not play roles? How?

What the character wants above all else during the course of the play is the ________.

An example of the need to integrate the inner and the outer aspects of acting is what occurs during a stage fight. Discuss the control that is necessary in order to make certain that the performers are not injured, while at the same time experiencing the emotions of the character.

Lee Strasberg, who headed the Actor's Studio training in New York City for many years, established a style of training known as emotional recall that particularly emphasized a technique for prompting actor emotions that was almost identical to the method that Stanislavsky used later in his career.

________ is especially important in plays where interaction between characters is crucial.

When the performers combine the inner and the outer aspects of acting in a forceful and convincing way, they have used a process known as

A long and rich history of puppet forms and theatrical traditions have emerged independently of each other in various cultures around the world. Although quite different, discuss those qualities that are shared among bunraku puppet, shadow puppets and hand puppets.

Throughout history, performers have been revered and reviled. What is the contemporary attitude toward them? Are they seen as different from other people? In what way?

One of the differences between acting in daily life and acting in theatre is that actors and actresses are always being