Question 1

Since working with actors is one of the main responsibilities of a director,how would you communicate with them before,during,and after rehearsals? What is your style? Consider time and space availability.Please indicate how you would work with a difficult scene or actor.

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Question 2

Which person is responsible for the financial support of the production and,working closely with the director,also contributes to many "directorial" decisions in the production process?

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A)  producer
B)  director
C)  technical stage manager
D)  stage managerE) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 3

A great directorial concept has the qualities of being generalized,well-established by tradition,intellectually relaxing,and readily apparent without much imagination.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Which of the following tasks belong to the director?

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A)  arranging the financial backing to perform the play
B)  arranging for the style of the scenery and props
C)  hiring the producer
D)  conceptualizing the play and giving it vision and purposeE) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 5

The initial shows where a director can evaluate the production in terms of audience response and institute new changes are known as

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A)  earlies.
B)  trailers.
C)  previews.
D)  design-throughs.E) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 6

Which of the following directors founded the Théâtre d'Art in Paris in 1890 as a direct assault upon the realist principles espoused by André Antoine?

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A)  David Belasco
B)  Otto Brahm
C)  Paul Fort
D)  Christopher LeeE) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 7

What is one factor that can determine the pace of a play?

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A)  the number of lines or pages in the script
B)  the speed of the actor's delivery in "real life"
C)  the genre of the play,as with farce needing to be fast
D)  whether or not the play is being filmedE) A) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 8

The "core concept" is

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A)  the director's determination of the most important of the many images,ideas,and emotions that will give the production meaning.
B)  the designers' conception of the look and sound of the play from which the director draws ideas in order to shape the meaning of the play.
C)  the producer's determination of the selection of a time period that will establish the costuming and staging budgets.
D)  the audience's shared imagination that will fill in the blanks that might be left by the director.E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 9

As a response against Stanislavsky's realism,the director Vsevolod Meyerhold evolved a theatre of "biomechanical constructivism" in Moscow.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Imagine that you are a director planning a production,and you have to decide on a play to produce.Pick a play you would like to direct and explain 1)why you chose that play (considering your own taste and a potential audience)and 2)the core concept that you would use to organize the production.How would that concept make itself felt through stage design,costuming,and casting? Use metaphors!

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Question 11

Which of the following is true of directors of antirealism?

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A)  They are led by the goals of realism taken to an extreme.
B)  They are unrestrained by rigid formulas with respect to verisimilitude or realistic behavior.
C)  They insist upon a proper education in classicism in order to direct.
D)  They apply the ritual and forms of the Catholic church to formal staged drama.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 12

Which of the following was one of the first directors to study the conventions of realism in an attempt to make their play productions even more lifelike?

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A)  Arthur Miller
B)  Clive Barnes
C)  George II,Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
D)  Paul FortE) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 13

The director's work with the designers is generally suggestive and corrective,rather than overtly controlling.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

What is meant by the "concept" of a play?

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A)  the central idea in the writer's mind
B)  the point of view of the popular audience
C)  the director's central idea that focuses the interpretation
D)  the general critical interpretationE) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 15

A director should possess all of the following EXCEPT

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A)  mastery of staging,actor-coaching,pacing,and production coordinating.
B)  a strong literary imagination and ability to conceptualize intellectually and visually.
C)  a capable voice and an athletic physique,both of which comprise the actor's instrument.
D)  sound working knowledge of the history of theatre.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 16

Which statement best describes the end of the director's involvement with the play?

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A)  Directors attend every performance and have rehearsals each week of a run.
B)  Directors do not see any performances of the play,leaving after the final rehearsal.
C)  The director may still change aspects of the play during previews or the run,but primarily has given over responsibility to the audience and might feel a twinge of isolation.
D)  The artistic involvement ends after casting;the technical involvement ends when the play's run is finished.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 17

The role of teacher-director reached its historical pinnacle of influence,albeit anonymously,during the Renaissance and early Restoration periods.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Trace the role/duties of directors as they work with a scene from the beginning of the play to the final production.Which period of the process is the most interesting to you? Why?

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Question 19

The directing process encompasses the distinct periods of preparation and implementation.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Which type of rehearsal occurs near the end of the rehearsal process,as the play comes closer to production time but before the actors apply makeup?

Accepted Answer

A)  audition
B)  technical
C)  pacing
D)  blockingE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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