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The Theatre Experience, 14e (Wilson)
Chapter 5 The Director and the Producer
1) Which of the following is NOT the responsibility of the dramaturg?
A) Identifying significant plays from the past that have been overlooked
B) Serving as a historical resource for the creative team
C) Hiring the director and performers
D) Researching criticism and interpretations of plays from the past
Answer: C
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LO: Name the responsibilities of the dramaturg
2) It is very important for directors to create interesting visual compositions with the actors in
space; this is known as creating effective
A) stage visualization.
B) visual balance.
C) visual empathy.
D) stage pictures.
Answer: D
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LO: List those characteristics that make up visual composition or the stage picture
3) A main task of the modern-day director is to
A) oversee the budget and financial management of the production.
B) prevent performers from overacting.
C) draw disparate elements together to create a unified whole.
D) create distance between the audience and the production.
Answer: C
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LO: Define the role of the director
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written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.4) Which of the following is NOT associated with the “front of the house”?
A) Printing programs
B) Securing ushers
C) Selling tickets
D) Raising money for the production
Answer: D
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LO: Name the responsibilities of the managing director
5) Characteristic of English director Peter Brook’s work is an attempt to
A) discover a universal language in theatre.
B) play the role of actor, director, and producer.
C) deconstruct the text of each production.
D) produce plays devoid of visual elements.
Answer: A
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LO: Illustrate Peter Brook’s use of global theatre traditions
6) Which of the following is NOT a hallmark of a postmodern production?
A) Deconstruction
B) Nonlinear structure
C) Closeness
D) Fragmented space
Answer: C
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LO: Contrast the differences between modern and postmodern theatre
7) In a noncommercial theatre, the managing director is akin to the ________ in a commercial
theatre.
A) artistic director
B) producer
C) board of directors
D) stage manager
Answer: B
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Copyright 2020 © McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior
written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.8) When a play is performed as it will be before the public, complete with all production
elements but without an audience present, it is called the
A) dress rehearsal.
B) technical rehearsal.
C) performance.
D) preview.
Answer: A
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LO: Classify the different kinds of rehearsals before opening a production
9) A performance in front of an audience prior to the “official” opening of a play, when the
director and the performers discover which parts of the play are successful and which are not, is
known as the
A) dress rehearsal.
B) technical rehearsal.
C) performance.
D) preview.
Answer: D
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LO: Classify the different kinds of rehearsals before opening a production
10) The arrangement and movements of performers relative to each other and to the stage space
is called
A) casting.
B) auditions.
C) blocking.
D) business.
Answer: C
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LO: Define the meaning of blocking
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written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.11) The casting of a role without consideration of a performer’s ethnicity, gender, transgender
identity, or disability is called
A) conditional casting.
B) diversity casting.
C) multicultural casting.
D) nontraditional casting.
Answer: D
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LO: Categorize the different kinds of casting
12) Which person is responsible for raising money to finance a production?
A) Director
B) Producer
C) Stage manager
D) Dramaturg
Answer: B
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LO: Summarize the responsibilities associated with the producer
13) Which person blocks or stages the play?
A) Director
B) Producer
C) Stage manager
D) Dramaturg
Answer: A
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LO: Define the role of the director
14) Which person identifies significant plays from the past that may have been overlooked?
A) Director
B) Producer
C) Stage manager
D) Dramaturg
Answer: D
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written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.15) Which person casts the actors?
A) Director
B) Producer
C) Stage manager
D) Dramaturg
Answer: A
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LO: Define the role of the director
16) Which person researches productions and criticism?
A) Director
B) Producer
C) Stage manager
D) Dramaturg
Answer: D
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LO: Name the responsibilities of the dramaturg
17) Which person maintains quality control of all production elements after opening?
A) Director
B) Producer
C) Stage manager
D) Dramaturg
Answer: C
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LO: Explain the work of the stage manager
18) Which person oversees the budget?
A) Director
B) Producer
C) Stage manager
D) Dramaturg
Answer: B
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Copyright 2020 © McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior
written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.19) Which person develops a concept for the production?
A) Director
B) Producer
C) Stage manager
D) Dramaturg
Answer: A
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LO: Define the role of the director
20) Which person prepares materials for teachers and writes articles for the programs?
A) Director
B) Producer
C) Stage manager
D) Dramaturg
Answer: D
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LO: Name the responsibilities of the dramaturg
21) Which person coordinates light, sound, and scene changes during the performance, as well as
the entrances and exits of the performers?
A) Director
B) Producer
C) Stage manager
D) Dramaturg
Answer: C
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LO: Explain the work of the stage manager
22) Which person arranges for ushers, tickets, programs, and other front-of-the-house details?
A) Director
B) Producer
C) Stage manager
D) Dramaturg
Answer: B
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written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.23) Which person communicates the rehearsal schedule to the performers?
A) Director
B) Producer
C) Stage manager
D) Dramaturg
Answer: C
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LO: Explain the work of the stage manager
24) Which type of nonrealism gives outward expression to inner feelings?
A) Allegory
B) Expressionism
C) Heightened realism
D) Naturalism
Answer: B
Bloom’s: Remember
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LO: Classify differing styles of production
25) Which type of realism attempts to put as exact a copy of life as possible onstage down to the
smallest detail?
A) Allegory
B) Expressionism
C) Heightened realism
D) Naturalism
Answer: D
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26) Which type of realism is intended to resemble real life with a certain artistic license allowed
to inject creativity into the process?
A) Allegory
B) Expressionism
C) Heightened realism
D) Naturalism
Answer: C
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written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.27) Which type of nonrealism represents an abstract theme through symbolic characters, actions,
and other elements of the production?
A) Allegory
B) Expressionism
C) Heightened realism
D) Naturalism
Answer: A
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LO: Classify differing styles of production
28) The point of view of an auteur production is that of the director, not the playwright.
Answer: TRUE
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LO: Define auteur director
29) As long as there have been theatrical productions, there has been someone performing
the function of director.
Answer: TRUE
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LO: Define the role of the director
30) The producer is generally responsible for casting.
Answer: FALSE
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LO: Define the role of the director
31) All movement in a play is orchestrated by the choreographer.
Answer: FALSE
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LO: Identify the faults in a production most often attributed to the director
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written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.32) Postmodern directors tend to integrate elements of dance, film, video, and computer material
into their productions.
Answer: TRUE
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LO: Contrast the differences between modern and postmodern theatre
33) The production manager is responsible for all the creative activities of a noncommercial
theatre.
Answer: FALSE
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LO: Name the responsibilities of the managing director
34) Though the director sets the pace for a production, the pace and rhythm of a production
ultimately becomes the responsibility of its performers.
Answer: TRUE
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LO: Identify the faults in a production most often attributed to the director
35) A director’s first step is to determine the spine of the play.
Answer: TRUE
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LO: Describe the meaning of the spine of the play
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