Chapter 3

Question 1

the playwright

Answer 1

the maker of plays

Question 2

the qualities of a fine play

Answer 2

• credibility
• intrigue
• conflict
• speakability
• flow
• richness
• depth
• independence
• gravity
• pertinence
• compression
• economy
• intensity
• celebration

Question 3

`credibility

Answer 3

• audience imposed demand, and it has to do with the plays internal consistency
• theh actions must flow logically from the characters, the situation, and the theatrical context the playwright providers
• must be believable

Question 4

intrigue

Answer 4

i. Captures your interest and attention-edge of your seat, surprising. This makes us curious (sometimes ferverntly so) to see “what happens next”

Question 5

conflict

Answer 5

i. This is what creates tension in a play it is vital to all plays

Question 6

speakability

Answer 6

i. The dialogue is so written that it achieves its maximum impact when spoken
ii. Requires that the spoken line appear to realistically come from the character who utters it and it contains the marks of the characters milieu and personality
iii. Speech rolls of the tongue easty for actors

Question 7

flow

Answer 7

i. Smooth feeling to the entire play – especially transition

Question 8

richness

Answer 8

i. Saturated with details/elements
ii. Ever detail fortifies our insight into the world of the play
iii. Plays with the quality

Question 9

depth

Answer 9

i. Soulful not shallow

ii. Characterization distinct, intriguing, depth of psychology

Question 10

independence

Answer 10

of intention, expression, motivation

Question 11

gravity

Answer 11

i. Has weight to it, tells humans story, relatable across cultures and time

Question 12

pertinence

Answer 12

i. Relevant to whats happening now or in very recent time

Question 13

compression

Answer 13

i. Time
ii. The full story can be told in 2-3 hours
iii. This is the playwright skill in condensing a story (which may span many day, even years)

Question 14

economy

Answer 14

i. Cast (8-12 actors)/editing scripts to cut out unnecessasry language

Question 15

intensity

Answer 15

immediacy, makes you alert, dangerous

Question 16

celebration

Answer 16

i. Celebrate life and being human
ii. Important aspect of a fine play
iii. It serves to help us transcend the more negative aspects of existence and to exalt the human spirit

Question 17

playwright process

Answer 17

• dialogue
• conflict
• structure

Question 18

dialogue

Answer 18

i. What the characters say
ii. The speeches delivered to each other of the characters in a play
iii. Not monologue

Question 19

conflict

Answer 19

whts the problem?

Question 20

structure

Answer 20

• plot

- duration