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Richard Wagner demonstrated his concept of gesamtkunstwerk in the Ring Cycle by __________.
controlling all of the production elements
Which director created productions with a then unheard-of attention to historical accuracy?
Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
Which of the following scenarios describes a director's concept?
A director decides to set Romeo and Juliet in present day New York.
Which scenario might require a director to use a dramaturg?
He wants to update Romeo and Juliet to a dystopian future of gang warfare while maintaining the Shakespearean language.
The __________ serves as a bridge between the audience and the text.
dramaturg
Which of the following is an example of stage business?
An actor sets the table during a scene.
Which activity is most likely to occur during table work for a production of Shakespeare's Othello?
The actor playing Desdemona analyzes why she stays with her husband.
During one of the technical rehearsals, the director changes an actor's blocking so that he moves from downstage center to downstage right for an important monologue. Why might the director make this choice?
The light that will illuminate the actor is only available downstage right.
During technical rehearsals, the director's focus shifts to ensuring that __________.
the production concept is clear and everyone is "on message"
A director usually approaches a play heretically in order to __________.
reveal new layers of meaning for his audience
Auteur Robert Wilson trained as a visual artist, so he uses all of the components of production—including the actors—to create __________.
pictures on stage
Susan Stroman, a prominent director, made history as the first woman to __________.
win Tony Awards in two categories for a single show
Peter Brook's 1986 The Mahabharata, which adapted a sacred Hindu epic, was controversial because __________.
he is a British director and the British colonized India
David Merrick's cutthroat approach to theatre business comes through in his famous quote: "It is not enough that I should succeed - __________."
others should fail
In 1915, the Shubert Brothers __________.
broke up a monopoly on Broadway production