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3. Where is the film set? Who are the main characters?
4. What is the plot? What comments are made about the film?
5. Is the film recommended or not?
Match each heading to the information. Then speak about the film.
1. cast a. The Pretender, directed by Fred Keller
b. Michael T. Weiss: Jarod
2. plot summary Andrea Parker: Miss Parker
Patrick Bauchau: Sydney
3. type of film c. **(833 votes)
d. Jarod is the Pretender — a genius who can4. user rating become anyone. He was taken from his parents at
an early age by the Centre and spent many years
5. title and main there. His talent was not always used for the good details of humanity. When Jarod learns about that, he
runs away. He is searching for his family and giving help to those who need it.
e. Adventure and science fiction
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a) Match the periods in the history of theatre with their descriptions.
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1. Ancient Greek theatre a.
b. c.
2. Roman theatre
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3. Theatre of the Middle Ages
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4. 19th-century theatre g.
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a platform on wheels used as a stage much of the plays were pantomimed non-professional actors, mostly men, using their own costumes not more than three actors, all of whom were men in masks
romantic plays and the classics were performed
sets with perspective and coloured lighting were introduced the audience was often loud and rude, always shouting
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b) Listen to the interview and check your guesses. Listen one more time and fill in the table in the WB.
c) Compare different periods in the history of theatre. Use the headings of the table and your notes as a plan.
2. Look at the picture on p. 104, read the text and match the words in bold type with the numbers in the picture.
Most modern theatre buildings have the auditorium and the stage (a). The auditorium is where the audience sits. The auditorium allows every person in the audience to see and hear without problems. The seats on the ground floor are called the stalls (b). The raised part of the ground floor is the gallery, with the small compartments nearer the stage called the boxes (c). Then go the dress circle (d) and the balcony (e).
The auditorium is separated from the stage by the orchestra pit (f). At the sides of the stage are the wings (g). A curtain (h) covers the stage. When
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