Guided Reading Chapter 2 Theatre
1. When we attend a theatre event, we bring our presence and our?
2. How many factors are involved with our presence in Theatre?
3. To enhance our experience of attending a theatre production we need what?
4. Bertolt Brecht would often interrupt a story with?
5. Why would Brecht interrupt a story?
6. Modern society, especially in the U.S., is ____________?
7. What is a tool that instantly notifies us of an event?
8. Female entertainers came to be associated with?
9. In which theatre were women forbidden by law to appear onstage?
10. It is extremely important to realize and be aware of the ______ and _____ in which
the play was created.
11. What is the name of the oldest professional theatre in New York City?
12. What significant development occurred in the 1950’s?
13. Off-Broadway was an alternative to?
14. List two characteristics of off-Broadway.
15. The aim of Young People’s and children’s theatre was?
16. A critic is?
17. A reviewer is?
18. In theatre, it is important to distinguish between _____ and _____.
19. In order to be critical a reviewer/ Critic must ask themselves_____ questions to guide
them.
20. What is being attempted? Was the attempt worthwhile? And _____ are questions to
help guide critics.
21. Theatre goers should reserve their own ______ on a play/performance.