Techniques in Drama

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1. One play utilized the unusual technique of having an actor portray a talking lizard. Who wrote the play? Tennessee Williams William Inge Samuel Beckett Edward Albee

2. This author employed powerful men who appeared on stage as horses. Clifford Odets Peter Shaffer Maxwell Anderson Eugene Ionesco

3. One author involved the audience in the play by having the members decide the ending of the play. Lillian Hellman Wendy Wasserstein Marcia Norman Ayn Rand

4. It's tough to have an animal on stage. What was the name of the dog in "Annie"? Quentin Buck Sandy Toto

5. This author used masks in one of his plays (in the tradition of the ancient Greeks). Eugene O'Neill Clifford Odets Arthur Miller William Inge

6. Another play has characters who are simply known as "A", "B" and "C". Who wrote the play? Edward Albee August Strindberg Tennessee Williams Oscar Wilde

7. This play is distinctive in that it is told "backwards": the scene that occurs earliest in time is last, while the scene that occurs last in time is first. Henrik Ibsen Harold Pinter August Strindberg Robert Anderson

8. This author used drumbeats as a dramatic device. Arthur Miller Eugene O'Neill George Bernard Shaw John Millington Synge

9. "Oh, Calcutta!" broke new ground when it was first produced. How? Special effects Offstage narrator Uncensored language Nudity

10. One play turned the entire stage into a mountain. Which one? K2 Mt. Morgan Mt. Everest Mt. Vesuvius