Author Question: Later in this production you notice an actor wearing wings giving directions to another group of ... (Read 78 times)

neverstopbelieb · **on:** Aug 27, 2018

Later in this production you notice an actor wearing wings giving directions to another group of actors carrying wallets, standing in front of the crypt, which you finally puzzle out to mean that you are watching an angel giving directions to

travelers. The convention most telling here is a. environmental staging
b. emblematic staging
c. simultaneous staging
d. pageant staging
e. none of the above

Question 2

You're in a U.S. theatre just before WW II. The curtain opens, and you find yourself looking into what seems to be a living room, where four people are seated, talking together, while a uniformed maid serves tea.

The maid leaves through a door (downstage right), whereupon two actresses move quickly to look out a large window (upstage center) and two actors continue to talk purposefully. You are almost certainly at a production that is a. epic
b. impressionistic
c. naturalistic
d. realistic
e. symbolistic