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Practitioners quiz, by lily :)

• QUESTION ONE -
• What is Brecht's first name?

Question two.

• What political group did Brecht support?

Question Three.

• Brecht invented Epic theatre, true or false?

Question Four.

• What disabled group was Brecht famous for including?

Question Five.

• Who was responsibie for theatre of cruelty?

Question Six.

• What vocal aspect was often changed by Brecht midway through a performance?

Question Seven.

• Define Visceral reaction and name the associated practitioner.

Question Eight.

• What is montage in Brechtian theatre?

Question Nine.

• What is the correct English meaning of Verfremdungseffekt?

Question Ten.

• Brecht wanted his audience emotionally involved in his work?
• True or False?
• Give one reason for your answer.

Question Eleven.

• Write a possible production concept for Gerog Buchner's Woyzeck and why you have chosen it.

Question Twelve.

• List 10 Brechtian Techniques.

Answers

• 1) Brecht's full name is Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht.
• 2) Brecht supported the marxist movement.
• 3) FALSE, Epic theatre came originally from the Elizabethan era and popular culture. Brecht popularised epic theatre, he did not invent it.
• 4) Brecht made his plays understandable for a deaf audience. This was through means such as social test and placards.
• 5) Artaud developed theatre of Cruelty.
• 6) Brecht often changed accents midway through a performance.
• 7) A gut feeling, usually negative, coming from natural instinct. Associated with Artaud.
• 8) A series of scenes that work in juxtaposition with one another, for effect.
• 9) To make the familiar strange and the strange familiar.
• 10) False, with any appropriate linking statement.
• 11) Answers to be shared I a discussion format.
• 12) Answers to be shared in a discussion format.