TEST 19
Questions 1-7. Match the following headings (A-H) to the texts (Q1-Q7).
Note: There is one extra heading which you do not need to use.
HEADINGS:
A) Varieties of theatres
B) A step to a wider variety
C) Not the least important
D) Theatre and politics
E) Stars for a repertoire
F) Modern problems
G) Origin of theatre
H) Ladies enter
Q1.
Modern Western theatre conies in large measure from ancient Greek drama, from which it takes technical
terminology, classification into genres, and many of its themes, stock characters, and plot elements. The
Greeks also developed the concepts of dramatic criticism, acting as a career, and theatre architecture. The
theatre of ancient Greece consisted of three types of drama: tragedy, comedy, and the satyr play.
Q2.
Western theatre developed and expanded considerably under the Romans. The Roman historian Livy wrote
that the Romans first experienced theatre in the 4th century BC. The theatre of ancient Rome was a
thriving and diverse art form, ranging from festival performances of street theatre, nude dancing, and
acrobatics, to the staging of broadly appealing situation comedies, to the high-style, verbally elaborate
tragedies.
Q3.
Theatre took on many different forms in the West between the 15th and 19th centuries, including
commedia dell’arte and melodrama. The general trend was away from the poetic drama of the Greeks and
the Renaissance and toward a more naturalistic prose style of dialogue, especially following the Industrial
Revolution. Theatre today, broadly defined, includes performances of plays and musicals, ballets, operas
and various other forms.
Q4.
The eighteenth century in Britain introduced women to the stage, which would have been extremely
inappropriate before. These women were looked at as celebrities but on the other hand, it was still very
new and revolutionary that they were on the stage and some said they were unladylike and looked down
on. Charles II did not like young men playing the parts of young women, so he asked that women play their
own parts.
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