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THEATRE STUDIES

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Q.No.    QUESTIONS& EXPECTED ANSWERS    
1.    What are the two visual components of a play?    1
    2.    Name any two distinct ways in which a director selects an actor on the basis of skills required for a specific role?    1
    3.    Which part of the play production gives the first impression to the audience after the light is flashed?    1
    4.    Name thewriter who coined the term ‘catharsis’.    1
    5.    State the objective behind setting up the SangeetNatakAkademi.    1
    6.    ‘Make  up  has  vast  possibilities  for  effectiveness’.  In  the  light  of  the  above statement explain how make up can help in the projection of a character.    2 
    7.    Vikas is recently selected for a task by a theatre company where he has to serve as a researcher, advisor, writer ,editor for a productionand review and selection of scripts. Identify and explain the role played by vikas. 2
    8.    Recently a school organized a programme where they enacted creative curriculum based topics through theatre making it interesting, engaging and educative. The objectives of  which branch of NSD have been                        achieved by this school? How it encourages students to become independent learners?    2
    9.    What is ‘Theatre of Cruelty’? Who developed this form of theatre?    2
    10.    Identify and explain the two levels of exploration in research work.    2
    11.    Explain the importance of  accessories as a necessary appendage to the costume.    3
    12.    How do lighting and costume add expressiveness and value to the stage craft?    3
    13.    Which technique subjects an actor to a process of rigorous artistic self-analysis and reflection with a complete command of realism? How can actors ‘experience the past’ during performance?    3(2+1)
    14.    How does  Existentialism  explain  the  existence  of  human  beings?  Name  two important writers of the ‘Theatre of Absurd’?    3
    15.    Puja is one of those people who pushes the boundaries of what primarily exists in   the cultural realm. 3

a. Identify the concept.
b. Name the term that is applied to this term.
c. Name one writer who invented a new technique in acting.    
    
16.    Indian Theatre expands the boundaries of what is usually regarded as “theatre” in order  to  explore  the  multiple  dimensions  of  theatrical  performance.  After Independence,  in  1947,  in  their  efforts  to  create  an  ‘Indian’  theatre  that  was different from the Westernized, colonial theatre, Indian theatre practitioners began returning to their ‘roots’ in classical dance,  religious ritual, martial arts, popular entertainment and aesthetic theory. With reference to ‘Theatre in roots’ explain the Indian Drama Scene after independence to link theatre to the cultural roots of the country.    3
    17.    What is meant by media? How does media play a role in theatre?    3
    18.    Write a short note on any two of the given options:
a. Realistic lighting
b. Compositional lighting c. Psychological lighting.    4(2+2)
    19.    What are the different types of sets that a set designer can design using his/her
imagination and innovation based on form, style, interpretation, space and theme of the play? Elucidate.    4
    20.    Given insight into the contribution of any one of the leading contemporary theatre gurus who have proved themselves to be one of the most innovative directors of their times.    4
    21.    Discuss the theatrical concepts  popularized  by Lee Strasberg and Stella Adler .    4
    22.    “Playwriting  and  creating drama for each  playwright  is  distinctively different, Plays can develop out of any combination of starting points and patterns.” How does a playwright justify this statement?    6
    23.    Which  system  of  theatrical  techniques“make  the  familiar  strange  in  order  to provoke  a  socio-critical  audience  response.  How  effectively  one  can  use  this technique to make the spectator adopt an attitude of inquiry and criticism in his/her approach to the incident. Elucidate.    6
    24.    Write  in  detail  about  the  life  and  works  of  one  Indian  Playwright  of  post- independence era who made a difference in the modern and contemporary scene with his/her remarkable spate of plays.    6

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