Lesson 4. Actorsandacting

Brainstorming

Discuss the following questions in your group:

1) Who is your favorite actor?

2) Who is your favorite actress?

3) Do you think men or women are better at acting?

4) Do you think today’s actors are better than those from 30, 40 or 50 years ago?

5) Do you think anyone can become an actor?

6) Are there any actors you really don’t like?

7) Have you ever acted, either at school or amateur theatricals?

8) They say actresses are frivolous, have many admirers and seldom get married or get married several times. Do you agree or disagree with the idea? Illustrate you view.

Vocabulary

appear (in)	part
acting	a character part
actor	a male/female part
actress	a speaking part
all-star cast	a supporting part
be (in)	a walking-on part
hero	the leading part
heroine	the main part
Honoured Artist	Peoples Artist
honoured for Services to the Arts	play (n, v)
lead male/female lead	play the lead role
leading	star (n, v)
learn one’s part	look the part
lines

Translate the following sentences from English into Russian.

1) The acting was good/brilliant/amateurish/terrible.

2) I didn’t like the play but I was very interested in the acting.

3) Laurence Olivier is now appearing in the “Long Day’s Journey into Night” by Eugene O’Neill.

4) –I saw “Twelfth Night” yesterday.

- Oh yes? Who was in it?

5) The part of Lady Bracknell was played by Edith Evans.

6) Bernard Miles took the part of the furniture dealer.

7) My son has been given/has got a part in the school play.

8) I saw Paul Scofieldplay Macbeth.

9) Eric Porter plays the main part.

10) The cast only had a week to learn their parts.

11) Eric Porter plays the main/leading role.

12) He spoke his lines too fast.

13) Who plays the male lead?

14) She’s the star of/in “Funny Girl”.

15) It’s an all-star cast tonight.

Fill in the blanks with the words from the list below; explain your choice.

1) What did you think of the ____________?

2) Who ____________ Hamlet?

3) He has ____________many successful productions.

4) He____________a lot of interesting productions.

5) Lady Bracknell____________Edith Evans.

6) I saw Paul Scofield____________ Macbeth./ I saw Paul Scofield as Macbeth.

7) ____________is played by Erick Porter.

8) There are several/no good ____________in the play.

9) His acting wasn’t very good, but he certainly ____________.

10) Eric Porter plays ____________.

11) He forgot his____________ in the middle of the second act and had to be prompted.

12) Eric Porter ____________.

13) He ____________ Jimmy Porter in “Look Back in Anger”.

14) He has been ____________to the arts.

List of words: played, plays the lead, appeared in, looked the part, ’s been in, was played by, male/female parts, honoured for (his) services, in the part of, acting, the leading part, lines, starred as, the main part.

Fill in the gaps with the words from the list below.Act out the dialogues.

Dialogue 1

- Let’s go and buy some lemonade or ____________, I’d like to drink something during an____________.

- That’s a good idea. I feel thirsty too.

- Well, Ann how do you like the ____________?

- The ____________ is perfect, to my mind. Why, it doesn’t seem like acting! Each actor ____________ so realistically, so ____________.

- No wonder. The ____________ of this theatre is really outstanding. Besides, tonight ____________ is playing.

- Yes, indeed. I was completely ____________ by their acting.

- And the ____________ is superb.

- Yes, especially in the first ____________ of the first ____________.

- Here is the ____________. Let’s drink some grape juice.

- O.K.

- Isn’t that the third ____________? The____________ are going up, and I think I hear the orchestra ____________.

- Let’s hurry. That’s our staircase, to the right. I am not which aisle is ours. Here’s an____________, she will show us to our ____________.

List of words: juice, true to life, an all-star cast, intermission, scenery, bell, acting, carried away, refreshment room, play, scene, tuning up, company, act, performs his part, seats, usher, curtains.

Dialogue 2

- How are you planning to spend this evening?

- We are going to ____________ “Othello” at the National theatre tonight.

- And who is playing the ____________? Laurence Olivier himself, I suppose? He is the artistic ____________of the company, isn’t he?

- Yes, he is. He is also a ____________ with ____________, from tragic to comic.

- What does he play?

- Well, besides playing tragic heroes, such as ____________`s Romeo, Hamlet, Macbeth, Lear, Othello, he plays equally well comic characters ____________ Shakespeare`s “Twelfth Night” and Sheridan’s ____________.

- Have you got good ____________?

- Oh, very good. We have seats ____________ the ____________ stalls, ____________ the stage.

- Well, have a nice evening!

- Thank you.

List of words: “School for Scandal”, see, star, seats, facing, in, leading part, Shakespeare, director, in, a wide range of parts, orchestra.

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