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This Is The Job Title Given To The Person Who Owns The Theater and Allows The Plays To Be Performed Inside It
This Is The Job Title Given To The Person Who Owns The Theater and Allows The Plays To Be Performed Inside It
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Directions: Read each questions and identify the theatre job that best fits the description given.
1. This is the job title given to the person who writes the script for the play being performed.
a. Playwright b. Director
c. Producer d. Manager
2. This is the job title given to the person who owns the theater and allows the plays to be
performed inside it.
a. Playwright b. Director
c. Producer d. Manager
3. This is the job title given to the person who provides the financial support for the play or
performance.
a. Playwright b. Director
c. Producer d. Manager
4. This is the job title given to the person who tells the actors in the play or performance what to
do, where to stand, when to speak, etc.
a. Playwright b. Director
c. Producer d. Manager
5. This is the job title given to the person who takes on the role of a character in the play or
performance.
10. This is the job title given to the person who designs and builds the props and scenery for the
play or performance.
3. Identify three theatre jobs that would not have been used in Greek Theatre.
4. In your own words, explain Bunraku theatre and the jobs that are used in it.
5. Why are there more theatre jobs in Modern Theatre than there are in Greek and Elizabethan
Theatre?
6. What was the central focus of Greek theatre, and how did actors change roles?
7. If you were an actor in an Elizabethan theater, how would the parts you play differ from the
parts you would play in a Greek theater?
8. Why does the producer get to make most of the decisions in a play or performance?
9. Explain why new actors do not get to make as many decisions about a play as more experienced
and well known actors do.
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10. Each type of theatre group (Greek, Elizabethan, Bunraku, and Modern) has a characteristic that
makes it unique. Identify and describe one characteristic of each that makes it unique from the
others.