Independent Study Questions

Please make sure that you get this work completed for the last of your term marks.  Hard copies will be available.

Independent Study Questions                                                                                 ADA 4M

32 Inquiry Marks;   110 Knowledge Marks

Remember to cite your sources.  To make certain you have accurate and up-to-date information, try to use three different sources for each of your answers.  Don’t forget the encyclopedia in the library—an excellent source for many items here!

A.     Playwrights                 /60 marks K             /9 marks Inquiry (3 sources)

Select six of the following playwrights, three from Column A and three from Column B.  In three to five sentences, provide basic biographical information for each as well as the titles of his/her most important works.  Explain his/her importance to theatre.

A	B
Waawaate Fobister	Anton Chekhov
Dennis Foon	Eugene Ionesco
Norm Foster	John Osborne
David French	Eugene O’Neill
Michel Tremblay	David Mamet
Tomson Highway	Arthur Miller
Ann-Marie MacDonald	George Bernard Shaw
Daniel MacIvor	Sam Shepard
Daniel David Moses	Neil Simon
Wajdi Mouawad	Tennessee Williams
John Murrell	Noel Coward
Morris Panych	Caryl Churchill
Sharon Pollock	Harold Pinter
George Ryga	Robert Bolt
Erin Shields	Tom Stoppard
Drew Hayden Taylor	Luigi Pirandello
Judith Thompson	Jean Genet
George F. Walker	Jean Anouilh
	Karel Capek
	Edward Albee

B.      Theatres/Theatre Festivals       /20 marks Knowledge             /6 marks I (3 sources)

            Select two of the following, one from Column A and one from Column B.   In three to      five sentences, indicate their location and mandate/ importance.  Which of the two          would you be most likely to visit?  Why?  (Location?  Types of plays performed?)

A	B
Winnipeg Fringe Festival	Sudbury Theatre Centre
Rainbow Stage	The Edmonton International Fringe Festival
Prairie Theatre Exchange	Stratford Shakespeare Festival
Le Cercle Moliere	Shaw Festival
Manitoba Theatre Centre	Tarragon Theatre
Merlyn Productions	Theatre Passe-Muraille
Magnus Theatre	Soulpepper Theatre Company
Manitoba Theatre for Young People	Native Earth
	Factory Theatre

C.      Write 250 to 500 words for each of the following topics.  Your information must be accurate and you must cite three sources.

a)       Bertolt Brecht and Epic Theatre         /10 marks K,        /3 marks I

b)      Stanislovski and Method Acting            /10 marks K,       /3 marks I

D.     Select one of the following topics.  Describe it and explain its importance to Western theatre.  Cite the three sources you use to collect your information.      /10 marks K, 3 marks I

a)      Antonin Artaud and Theatre of Cruelty   

b)      Kabuki Theatre

c)      Noh Theatre

d)      Jerzy Grotowski and the Theatre Laboratory

e)      Laban and Laban Movement Analysis

f)       The Duke of Saxe-Meiningen

E.            /8 marks Inquiry

1.      Go to  http://www.actra.ca/main/resources/stage-parents-guide/.  List three things that you expected to see in this type of resource and one thing that surprised you.  Explain why.