Soluciones. Reading. A Theatrical Life.

 EXERCISES

1. Match the words to the definitions:

Screenwriter: is someone who writes for the cinema Playing: interpreting a role Playwright: is someone who writes for the theatre Theory: an idea believed to be true

2. Scan the text and find:

• The name of a famous writer: William Shakespeare

• The name of a famous actor: Ralph Fiennes

• Four years: 1564; 1616; 2011; 2012

• The names of two films: Harry Potter, Shakespeare in Love

• The names of four plays: Hamlet, Macbeth, Henry VIII, The Tempest

3. Choose the best answer:

• Ralph Fiennes thinks that Shaakespeare would be a good script writer because…

• He's Britain’s greatest writer.

• Hollywood loves his plays.

• His plays work well on the big screen.

• He has lots of fans.

• In the film Anonymous Edward de Vere cannot produce his own plays because…

• He didn’t write them.

• Shakespeare wouldn’t help him.

• of his social class.

• Shakespeare’s fans didn’t like them.

• The plot of Anonymous…

• Was an idea of Edward de Vere’s.

• Was invented specifically for the film.

• Is widely believed.

• Was based on a real story.

• Shakespeare’s work…

• Is popular in many different cultures. 

• Is popular in London.

• Was written in many different languages.

• Is not as popular today as 100 years ago.

4. Are the statements true or false? Quote words from the text to support your answers.

• Ralph Fiennes thinks Shakespeared would be a successful writer of film scripts. True, ‘his stories and language are cinematic’.

• Shakespeare in Love was about a real relationship that Shakespeare had. False, ‘tells the story of a fictional romance’.

• It was possible for women to act on the stage in Skespeare’s day. False, ‘it was an offence for a woman’.

• All Shakespeare fans enjoyed Anonymous. False, ‘ angered many fans’

• Non-English speakers have the opportunity to enjoy Shakespeare’s plays on stage. True, Whether it’s on stage or on screen, people just can’t get enough Shakespeare.

5. Find words that mean…

• A very successful film: The award- winning

• Most important: Greatest

• Rich: Aristocrat

• The area where actors perform a play: Stage

• Not aristocratic: common