Context

Question 1

What was 18th century theatre dominated by?

Answer 1

Restoration comedy

Question 2

Define restoration comedy

Answer 2

A dramatic genre highly popular during King Charles II’S reign

Question 3

What was the Georgian era a time of?

Answer 3

Immense inequality and life for the poor was extremely harsh

Question 4

During the Georgian era, how many hanging offences were concocted?

Answer 4

200

Question 5

What was prison viewed as?

Answer 5

A place to contain and control the “criminal class” and a way to forget about it

Question 6

Define mutiny

Answer 6

Rebellion against authority

Question 7

What was the constant fear of mutiny like?

Answer 7

Very present for the captain and the harsh punishment of flogging was a strong deterrent

Question 8

Define deterrent

Answer 8

To discourage

Question 9

Explain the effects of Thatcherism in the 1980s

Answer 9

Arts funding was squeezed to a minimum and there was a tangible sense that the theatre community was under real threat

The sense of devaluation of society resulting = opposite of the play which discovers you can form a community

Question 10

When did official transportation begin?

Answer 10

1717

Question 11

During the first fleet, how many people were on board?

Answer 11

1500 and 736 were convicts where 40 died on the voyage

Question 12

How many miles for how long did the voyage travel?

Answer 12

16,000 miles for 8 months

Question 13

Which officers are in the navy?

Answer 13

Phillip and Harry

Question 14

When did the first fleet leave and arrive in Botany Bay Australia?

Answer 14

Left in 1787
Arrived on 26th Jan 1788

Question 15

When did the transport end?

Answer 15

1868

Question 16

According to modern day critics, what would have the theatre offered the public an opportunity to?

Answer 16

Experience an upper-class’ persons insight and to share a laugh at them

Question 17

Give examples of Epic theatre being used in Our country’s good

Answer 17

Multi- rolling
Spoken scene titles to remove tension
Episodic scenes

Question 18

What does epic theatre focus on?

Answer 18

The psychological, political and social aspects on what it means to be human

Question 19

Where was our country’s goof first staged and performed?

Answer 19

Royal court theatre 1988

Question 20

When was the recruiting officer written?

Answer 20

1706

Question 21

Who wrote the recruiting officer?

Answer 21

George Farquhar

Question 22

Why was the recruiting officer written?

Answer 22

To satirize the social military practices of its time

Question 23

What were wertenbaker’s intentions?

Answer 23

Highlight the power of theatre
Criticise the prison system
Expose prisoners to culture and allow them to live differently

Question 24

What inspired Wertenbaker?

Answer 24

She and Max Stafford Clark watched a play performed entirely by convicts at the Wormwood Scrubs prison in London and she received letter from the convicts saying how much they love acting