Thea 3040 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What is Shen Te's profession at the beginning of the play? correct answers Prostitute When the gods give Shen Te money, what does she use it for? correct answers to open a tobacco shop How does Shui Ta get rid of the family that forced themselves upon Shen Te? correct answers S/He invites a policeman into the shop when s/he knows the son has stolen baked goods. Wong reveals to the gods that Shen Te spends more than half her earnings on what? correct answers rice she distributes to the ...

The Theatre in the Round floorplan is often found ____________________. correct answers In Off Broadway and regional theatres Off-Broadway correct answers created to be a vehicle for experimental plays and extraordinary revivals Jerzy Grotowski's "poor theatre" held that _____________ and scenery were unimportant elements of theatre. correct answers Script/the text (primacy of audience and actor) T/F The Off-off Broadway movement found groups performing in factories, lofts, church...

One of the major forces in 17th century English life and society was _____. correct answers religion, due to the way it divided the kingdom Existentialism is based on what idea that arose from German philosopher Nietzsche? correct answers God does not exist Who coined the movement "Theatre of the Absurd"? correct answers Martin Esslin Jean Paul Sarte was best known for writing the play ... correct answers No exit No Exit is a play about ... correct answers Hell is other people. ...

Compared with the 17th Century, the 18th Century was a time of relative peace and prosperity in Western Europe. The religious wars had ended, but they were replaced by: correct answers economic and territorial wars The London Merchant (1731) by George Lillo became the basis for a whole genre of plays. The best way to describe this genre is: correct answers Middle-class tragedy George Lillo's subject matter dealt with _______________ people. correct answers Everyday John Gay undertook t...

THEA 3040 MIDTERM EXAM LATEST UPDATE 2024 WITH CORRECTLY VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Stuart, Protestant correct answers Religion and politics dominated English life in the 17th century. The ___ family had been brought to the throne because they were ___. Restoration correct answers As the result of the Civil War and the beheading of Charles I, there was an interregnum. The period immediately after, but starting in 1660, when his son Charles II came to the throne, the period is known as: Women correct answers Reflecting some of the glories of the French stage at that time _...