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Culture Corner

  1. Do you know the following theatre terms?

a raissonneur – the character of the play who doesn’t participate in the action but pronounces long monologues; a leading juvenile – an actor playing lovers; ingénues - the parts of naïve girls; sociétaire (French)– a member of the company.

  1. Michael Gosselyn staged the plays of the renowned dramatists: Bernard Shaw and Henry Ibsen. Find some information about them in the Internet and present it to your fellow students.

These links can be helpful:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Bernard_Shaw

http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1925/shaw-bio.html

http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/George_Bernard_Shaw

http://www.theatredatabase.com/19th_century/henrik_ibsen_001.html

http://kirjasto.sci.fi/ibsen.htm

  1. The author mentions the names of two great actresses: Sarah Bernhardt and Eleonora Duse. Sarah Bernhardt (1844 — 1923) was a French stage and early film actress, and has been referred to as "the most famous actress the world has ever known". Bernhardt made her fame on the stages of France in the 1870s, and was soon in demand in Europe and the Americas. She developed a reputation as a serious dramatic actress, earning the nickname "The Divine Sarah". Eleonora Duse (1858– 1924) was an Italian actress, often known simply as Duse. She gained her first major success in Europe, then toured South America, Russia and the United States; beginning the tours as a virtual unknown but leaving in her wake a general recognition of her genius. Do some research on one of the actresses and present it to the class. These links can be helpful:

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/174404/Eleonora-Duse

http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/her_story/90133 http://www.essortment.com/all/actressellente_rdpq.htm

Part II Chapters 5-9

Pre-text Discussion

1. Do you think Julia and Michael match each other? Why? / Why not?

2. Do you think Julia and Michael would have a happy married life?

3. What opportunities did Julia and Michael have ahead when they were still in their twenties?

4. Read part II and check your answers.

General Comprehension

  1. Who said it?

  1. “Darling, you’ll make me as vain as a peacock”.

  2. “You devil, you swine, you filthy low-down cad”.

  3. “Now what’s all this Tosca stuff about?”

  4. “You’re young and pretty and you’re the greatest actress in England”.

  5. “Me? Darling, you know I’d go anywhere in the world with you”.

  6. “After all love isn’t everything. It’s all very well at its proper time and in its proper place”.

  7. “Oh, my love, don’t you know there isn’t anything in the world I wouldn’t do for you? It’ll be so wonderful; it’ll bring us so close together and I shall be so proud of you”.

  8. “Oh, I don’t care a hang about that. As long as we can find plays with star parts for you I don’t matter”.

  9. “I want love. I thought I’d married the handsomest man in England and I’ve married a tailor’s dummy”.

  10. “In this business you have to take the rough with the smooth”.

  1. Who did it?

1) Who offered Michael a new job abroad?

  1. Who gave Julia a great smack on the face?

  2. Who was thrown out of the part after a fortnight of rehearsals?

  3. Who wrote constantly pages and pages of love and who wrote four pages exactly in a neat precise hand?

  4. Who considered Julia to be the greatest actress in England?

  5. Who was jealous of the men’s luncheons, the games, the friends at the Green Room Club?

  6. Who was more concentrated on work and business rather than love and emotions?

  7. Who was the first to fall out of love?

  8. Who never attempted to play anyone but himself?

  9. Who put up the money to start Michael and Julia in management?