Quiz-Busters - GCSE Drama - from teachers-direct

GCSE Drama

A revision quiz to support OCR GCSE Drama students.
What S was a theatre practitioner who believed in method acting?. What B was the German director linked to epic theatre?. What M is a genre from the 1800's that uses over exaggerated gestures?. What N is a style of theatre where the action is to be believed?. What H is a rehearsal technique where an actor is asked questions and must answer them in character?. What A describes a style of theatre with little plot, uneven characters and a random structure?. What K is a genre that uses realistic language and involves the working class?. What M is a genre that tells a moral story and ends with the wrong-doer getting his just desserts?. What C is the term used to describe narration, tableaux, role-on-the-wall and hot-seating. What I is an unscripted performance where the performer makes it up as they go along?. What P is the relationship of space between people or objects on stage?. What S is how meaning is created through signs and symbols?. What S is a small, intimate, purpose built theatre?. What T is the stage that sticks out and is surrounded by the audience on 3 sides?. What P is the frame on stage through which a play is viewed in a traditional theatre?. What K is Stanislavski's christian name?. What B is Brecht's christian name?. What S is the use of ridicule, irony and sarcasm to expose foolishness?. What C is a moment during a script or performance where matters come to a head?. What P describes what happens in a story?.