- Which of the following best describes the role of the theater director?
Your answer:
a person who controls every aspect of the production
a person who works most closely with the actors, collaborates with designers, and is the great unifier of a production
a person who tells the actors where to move
a person who handles the financial aspects of a production
- The first person to be officially called a director in 1874 was:
Your answer:
Bertolt Brecht
Constantin Stanislavski
Georg II, duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Aeschylus
- Which of the following filled the role of the modern director in England, from the 17th -19th centuries?
Your answer:
actor-managers
stage managers
playwright-managers
house managers
- Which of the following is NOT an aspect of a director's preparation?
Your answer:
choosing a script
determining a style
raising money
finding a central or controlling image
- A representation of an abstract theme or subject through symbolic characters, actions, or other elements of a production is better known as:
Your answer:
expressionism
realism
allegory
naturalism
- Giving outward expression to inner feelings is also called:
Your answer:
expressionism
realism
allegory
naturalism
- Attempting to put onstage as exact a copy of life as possible best describes which of the following?
Your answer:
expressionism
realism
allegory
naturalism
- Which of the following best defines the idea of the 'director's concept'?
Your answer:
the controlling or central vision that unifies a production
the director's idea of which actors should be cast in a play
both first and second answers
neither first nor second answers
- What is a dramaturg?
Your answer:
someone who writes plays
the German word for director
someone who conducts research and advises a director
the German word for actor
- A director who significantly alters and transforms the scripted material in order to shape every aspect of a production is known as a/an:
Your answer:
autonomous director
unilateral director
classical director
auteur director
- Which of the following is considered to be an auteur director?
Your answer:
Julie Taymor
Robert Wilson
Anne Bogart
all of the above
- The term casting refers to which of the following?
Your answer:
the choosing of designers
the choosing of a script
the choosing of actors
the choosing of theater spaces
- When a person closely resembles a character which they will portray, that is known as:
Your answer:
typecasting
clever casting
blocking
character acting
- The term blocking is best defined as:
Your answer:
the director's vision of where the furniture will go
the director's vision of where the actors will move
the process by which a play is rehearsed
none of the above
- What is visual composition?
Your answer:
the arrangement of the lights onstage
the arrangement of the set onstage
the physical arrangement of performers onstage
he design of the costumes
- Which of the following does the director need to make sure is appropriate when putting on a production?
Your answer:
movement
pace
rhythm
all of the above
- When all of the design elements and props come together with the actors for the first time, it is known as:
Your answer:
dress rehearsal
technical rehearsal
first run-through
opening night
- When all of the elements of a production come together to simulate an actual performance, it is known as:
Your answer:
dress rehearsal
technical rehearsal
first run-through
opening night
- Which of the following is NOT a responsibility of the commercial producer?
Your answer:
raising money to finance the production
securing script rights
renting the theater space
casting actors
- In a non-profit theater, the role of producer is performed by:
Your answer:
the director
the executive director
the managing director
both the second and third answers