6. A) Put the verbs in brackets into one of the correct forms of the Subjunctive mood expressing unreality, doubt, improbability, advice, criticism, unrealizable wish or regret.

1. - You’ve got the makings of a great actress.

- You’d better (not to be) so sure of it.

2. - I can make an actress of you in a season.

- I’d best (to go) somewhere and relax.

3. - Is not it time the actors (to have) a dress rehearsal?

- You’re right. Let’s start.

4. - It’s high time the poem (to be set) to music.

- Have you found a composer?

5. The actor looked as though he (to be tortured) by some unpleasant thought. The producer was nervous.

6. Don’t invite a prompter. It will be as if such a famous actress (not to know) the part well.

7. The producer wants to start in management but he doesn’t have at least three plays. He wishes he (to have) them.

8. I wish I (to have) some money to go to the theatre. The performance is going to be fantastic.

9. Julia always discusses new plays eagerly as though she (to be ready) to get her teeth into them immediately.

10. The actress stretched her arms and held them palms upwards as though the audience (to be able to rest) on them.

b) Rewrite the following sentences omitting ‘if’.

1. If you should eat too much sweet, you will be fat.

2. If you had booked tickets beforehand, you would have watched the first night.

3. If I were a prompter, the actress wouldn’t fail.

4. If you should come across our stage hand manager, tell him that there is something wrong with the system of light.

5. If I were you, I would have found a leading actor to play Juliet.

6. If the dressmaker had been present at the dress rehearsal, some costumes were better.

7. Complete the following sentences using the words in bold. Do it in writing. The beginning of each sentence is given.

E.g. She wouldn’t have done her task well, but someone helped her.

(not) If __

If someone had not helped her, she wouldn’t have done her task well.

1. It’s a pity I can’t go to the theatre tonight, but I have to stay at home and study.

(could) I wish ___

2. It’s a shame our students didn’t see ‘Romeo and Juliet’.

(had) I wish ___

3. I would have lent you money but I didn’t know you needed it to buy a ticket for a matinee.

(had) If ___

4. If there isn’t a play bill, we won’t know about a new performance.

(unless) We …

5. The audience didn’t like the performance because the cast was bad.

(would) If ___

6. You’d better see a scratch rehearsal.

(were) If ___

7. I would be grateful to receive any information about this producer.

(could) I would be ___

7. The manager wants to be present at the word rehearsal but he is too busy.

(would) If ___

Vocabulary practice

8. A) If you do the crossword ‘Playing in the Theatre’, you’ll find a new word. Explain it.

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1. Which play lasts one act only?

2. What is the time when all the people in a play practise before a public performance?

3. How do we call all actors who perform in a play?

4. What is the part of the theatre where people sit?

5. How is the front door that you go through to enter a theater building called?

6. How do we name the raised area in the theatre which actors stand on when they perform?

7. What is the row of lights above the stage in a theatre?

8. How do we call the line of seats in a theatre?

9. How do we call the group of people who come to watch and listen to someone performing in public?

10. What is the large printed picture used to advertise a play?

11. How do we name the skills at inventing a new piece of art?

12. What is the printed piece of paper that shows that you have paid to enter the theatre?

b) Prepare your own puzzle (at least 10 words on the topic “Theatre”), using a dictionary. Give a definition of your mystery word.

9. You are a stage hand, who has been working on the Siddons’ stage for 3 years. Describe the stage and all its parts to a new stage hand completing the statements below. Use the prompts below. Write you answer in figures and letters.

1) backcloth	4) downstage	7) scenery	10) trapdoor
2) backstage	5) dressing room	8) set	11) upstage
3) curtain	6) footlights	9) spotlight	12) wings

a) ________ is something built and provided with furniture, scenery, etc.

b) ________ is a painted cloth hung across the back of the stage.

c) ________ is at or towards the back of the stage.

d) ________ is at or towards the front of the stage.

e) ________ is behind the stage, especially in the dressing room of the actors.

f) ________ is a room behind the stage where an actor can get ready for his performance.

g) ________ is the sides of a stage, where an actor is hidden from view.

h) ________ is a sheet of heavy material drawn or lowered across the front of the stage.

i) ________ is a row of lights along the front of the floor of a stage.

j) ________ is a lamp with a movable narrow beam.

k) ________ is the set of painted backgrounds and other objects used on a stage.

l) ________ is a small door, covering an opening in the front on a stage.

10. Can you find your way in a theatre building? Follow the numbers 1-13 in the picture below. Every number means that you’re somewhere in the building. Write the number and the place as in the example.

E.g. 1 – cloakroom

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