The Actor/Spectator Relationship

Question 1

What did Grotowski say about performer-audience relationships?

Answer 1

• that there was an infinite number of actor-audience relationships
• because plays always had a different scenic arrangement

Question 2

How did Grotowski see the actor?

Answer 2

• as a ‘high priest’
• who creates dramatic action
• and simultaneously guides the audience into the action

Question 3

What must the audience understand in Poor Theatre?

Answer 3

• they must understand, consciously or unconsciously
• that the act of viewing the actor exposing his inner being is an invitation to do the same thing

Question 4

What was Grotowski’s aim in terms of the spectator?

Answer 4

• his aim was to disturb the spectator on a very deep level

Question 5

What did Grotowski believe that the audience should feel?

Answer 5

• as if they were a part of the performance they were watching

Question 6

What did Grotowski’s characteristics and beliefs around Poor Theatre result in?

Answer 6

• this led to a very intimate actor-audience relationship