Post by crabtree on Dec 27, 2018 15:06:16 GMT
Hi and I usually set an annual Christmas quiz for our local theatre, so here it is for you, complete with the answers in a random order. I'd like to have included such plays as Nina's play in The Seagull but as far as I can tell it has no name.
Sorry the formatting hasn't quite come out as planned.
Answers as and when.
PLAYS WITH IN PLAYS
Many plays, musicals and films feature a ‘putting on a show’ element or a play within a play – a reflective narrative device the French have artfully called Mise En Abyme. Can you match the play or musical or film itself that these sequences come from? 33 points possible.
ORIGINAL FULL LENGTH PIECE PLAY WITHIN THE PLAY - RANDOM ORDER
THE PRODUCERS - musical THE LONELY GOATHERD
KISS ME KATE - musical FRANKLY FRANK
HAMLET – play PRETTY LADY
THE KING AND I - musical SPRINGTIME FOR HITLER
MOULIN ROUGE - musical THE MOUSETRAP
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG - play THE NINE WORTHIES
CATS - musical THE DANCING CAVALIER
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM - play THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
THE SOUND OF MUSIC – film ROMEO AND ETHEL- THE PIRATE’S DAUGHTER(original title)
SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN - musical THE SMALL HOUSE OF UNCLE THOMAS
NOISES OFF - play THE LAMENTABLE TRAGEDY OF PYRAMUS AND THISBE
42ND STREET - musical CHUBBY RAIN
LOVE’S LABOURS LOST – play THE BALLAD OF BILLY MCCAW
HAIRSPRAY - musical PETER PAN
SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE - film SPECTACULAR SPECTACULAR
SAVING MR BANKS - film BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG - musical MEET PAMELA
MOONRISE KINGDOM – film NOTHING ON
TO BE OR NOT TO BE – film THE BEGGAR’S OPERA
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE - film NAUGHTY NAZIS
THE TURNING POINT – film SWAN LAKE
GOODNIGHT MISTER TOM - play MURDER AT HAVISHAM MANOR
PHANTOM OF THE OPERA - musical THE CORNY COLLINS SHOW
DAY FOR NIGHT – arty French film NOSFERATU
OUR COUNTRY’S GOOD - play ANNA KARENINA
CHORUS OF DISAPPROVAL - play CALIBAN’S DAY
THE HABIT OF ART – play MARY POPPINS
BLACK SWAN - Film IL TROVATORE
THE PLAYER – FILM THE SPANISH ARMADA
THE CRITIC – 18th Century farce HABEAS CORPUS
GODS AND MONSTERS – film NOYE’S FLUDDE
BOWFINGER – film THE RECRUITING OFFICER
A NIGHT AT THE OPERA – Marx brothers HANNIBAL
Sorry the formatting hasn't quite come out as planned.
Answers as and when.
PLAYS WITH IN PLAYS
Many plays, musicals and films feature a ‘putting on a show’ element or a play within a play – a reflective narrative device the French have artfully called Mise En Abyme. Can you match the play or musical or film itself that these sequences come from? 33 points possible.
ORIGINAL FULL LENGTH PIECE PLAY WITHIN THE PLAY - RANDOM ORDER
THE PRODUCERS - musical THE LONELY GOATHERD
KISS ME KATE - musical FRANKLY FRANK
HAMLET – play PRETTY LADY
THE KING AND I - musical SPRINGTIME FOR HITLER
MOULIN ROUGE - musical THE MOUSETRAP
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG - play THE NINE WORTHIES
CATS - musical THE DANCING CAVALIER
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM - play THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
THE SOUND OF MUSIC – film ROMEO AND ETHEL- THE PIRATE’S DAUGHTER(original title)
SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN - musical THE SMALL HOUSE OF UNCLE THOMAS
NOISES OFF - play THE LAMENTABLE TRAGEDY OF PYRAMUS AND THISBE
42ND STREET - musical CHUBBY RAIN
LOVE’S LABOURS LOST – play THE BALLAD OF BILLY MCCAW
HAIRSPRAY - musical PETER PAN
SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE - film SPECTACULAR SPECTACULAR
SAVING MR BANKS - film BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG - musical MEET PAMELA
MOONRISE KINGDOM – film NOTHING ON
TO BE OR NOT TO BE – film THE BEGGAR’S OPERA
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE - film NAUGHTY NAZIS
THE TURNING POINT – film SWAN LAKE
GOODNIGHT MISTER TOM - play MURDER AT HAVISHAM MANOR
PHANTOM OF THE OPERA - musical THE CORNY COLLINS SHOW
DAY FOR NIGHT – arty French film NOSFERATU
OUR COUNTRY’S GOOD - play ANNA KARENINA
CHORUS OF DISAPPROVAL - play CALIBAN’S DAY
THE HABIT OF ART – play MARY POPPINS
BLACK SWAN - Film IL TROVATORE
THE PLAYER – FILM THE SPANISH ARMADA
THE CRITIC – 18th Century farce HABEAS CORPUS
GODS AND MONSTERS – film NOYE’S FLUDDE
BOWFINGER – film THE RECRUITING OFFICER
A NIGHT AT THE OPERA – Marx brothers HANNIBAL
