Lecture 16- Actors & Directors

Question 1

Define declamatory acting

Answer 1

Style of acting that favored bombastic, rhetorical speeches that focused on the power of an actors voice rather than capturing true emotion

Question 2

Acting teachers: Quintilian, Aaron Hill, Francios Delsarte

Answer 2

Quintilian: Roman rhetoric teacher in the first century C.E.

Aaron Hill: Actor/Critic that published “the art of acting”(human action down to 10)

Francois Delsarte- trained to be a singer but lost his voice, believed emotion must be tied to an internal experience

Question 3

Who created “the system”

Answer 3

Konstantin Stanislavski

Question 4

Who was George II, the duke of Saxe-Meiningen, and what was his contribution to theatre

Answer 4

Established a court theatre group: meiningen ensemble that he oversaw

Question 5

What are five functions of a director

Answer 5

1. Artistic unification
2. Representing the playwright
3. Organizing a working process
4. Working with the performers

Question 6

Define monologue

Answer 6

Speech by single actor, can be addressed to unseen characters or the audience

Question 7

Define blocking

Answer 7

The directors arrangement of the actors movements on stage in relation to one another and the stage space

Question 8

Define the fourth wall

Answer 8

Imaginary side wall of a room towards the audience

Question 9

Define final dress rehearsal

Answer 9

Last rehearsal before opening night

Question 10

First actor to appear on stage separate from chorus

Answer 10

Thespis(Greek actor)