What does the text imply is the difference between a ranch in Australia and one in Arizona?
Explanation
This question assesses the understanding of the text's emphasis on extreme specificity, where even seemingly similar circumstances are unique and exert different influences.
Other questions
According to the definition provided, what is a circumstance?
What is the primary role of circumstances as laid out by the author of a play?
In applying the concept of circumstances to a play, what does the text say becomes 'larger and more difficult' for the actor?
What must an actor do with circumstances that change during the course of a scene?
For which part of the play must an actor search for past and immediate circumstances?
What is the likely result if an actor considers extensive notes on circumstances only factually?
When an actor asks 'When do “I” live?', what level of detail does the text suggest they should explore?
What larger concepts must an actor consider that are implied by the century in which their character lives?
When exploring the circumstance of 'PLACE', where does the text suggest an actor should begin their investigation?
How does the text suggest an actor's behavior would be influenced by surroundings of 'cracked and peeling walls' and 'wrinkled pop posters'?
What must an actor do if a play's time is 'Anytime' or the place is 'Limbo'?
In the author's workbook example for the role of Martha, what time of year is it?
What year is specified as 'now' in the author's workbook notes for 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'
In the workbook notes for Martha, how is the house described?
What substitution does the author use in her workbook to make the campus specific for the role of Martha?
In the author's notes, what Roman figure is remembered for saying 'Carthage must be destroyed!'?
What is the author's immediate reaction in her notes to the symbolism of 'New Carthage'?
What does the text suggest is an 'active influence on even our smallest daily tasks'?
The chapter presents an exercise where an actor should consider various examples for 'Place' and then condition them with what?
What is the purpose of substituting and particularizing when working on circumstances?
What does the text warn against sluffing off or answering superficially?
What is the consequence of everything implied by the time in which a character lives?
According to the text, a young person raised in a small New England village will have been influenced by totally different things than someone from where?
What does the text say 'matters' regarding a character's house in a neighborhood?
The text states that your behavior will be influenced differently whether a luxurious setting is 'your' way of life or if what?
What is the key takeaway from the workbook notes for the role of Martha?
In the workbook notes, what is the description of the living style in Martha's house?
What does the author suggest about the neighbors in her workbook notes for 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'?
According to the workbook notes, what question does the author ask Edward Albee permission for?
What is the primary danger of an actor focusing only on the bluntly stated stage directions like '8 P.M.' or 'The drawing room'?
The text states that 'The imagination of the actor can’t really begin to work until' what has happened?
What must an actor find out 'not just what happens, but...'?
Learning to explore time and place subjectively is described as a matter of what?
What is the result when an actor finds more subjective identification with the circumstances?
What is described as an 'active influence' that playwrights often use to create conflict?
What is the author's advice regarding the task of making something particular?
What should not be the 'tiniest thing around you' which you have failed to make personal or relate to yourself?
In the author's workbook notes for Martha, what two negative emotions are associated with the new semester and faculty parties?
In the workbook notes, who does the author identify as a substitution for 'Papa’s assistants'?
What specific detail about the house in the workbook notes is described with the onomatopoeic word 'Ugh'?
In the author's workbook, the town of New Carthage is personally substituted with what?
What example of a changing circumstance during a love scene is given in the text?
What physical feature of the house in the author's workbook notes is described with the onomatopoeia 'eeek!'?
The text suggests that if you have truly considered and made real the circumstance of a dilapidated room, your behavior will be what?
In the author's personal notes for Martha, what political moment or figure is she reminded of?
What does the author note about herself and George in her workbook regarding religion or philosophy?
What is the author's substitution in her notes for growing up in 'Daddy's—college pres.—mansion'?
According to the author's workbook notes for Martha, what rooms of the house need to be worked on specifically with the other characters?
What is the very first definition of 'circumstance' provided in the chapter?