Exploring Shakespearean theatre as a sensory experience | English

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The five senses are: taste, touch, sight, hear, and ______.
- 'smell' ✓
The word 'improper' means ______.
- Something socially acceptable.
- Something socially unacceptable. ✓
- Something peaceful.
- Something loud.
A theatre is a place where people go to...
- watch a sport.
- watch a performance. ✓
- see famous art.
What does being a Puritan mean?
- Someone who enjoys the theatre.
- Someone who has strict moral values. ✓
- Someone who is against the aristocracy.
- Someone who works hard.
The purpose of special effects in film, theatre and TV is...
- to make it more realistic. ✓
- to make the actors feel more comfortable.
- to make it look unrealistic
- to keep the audience from getting bored
Match the emotion with the description.
- Peace
  
  ⇔
  
  A calm sea ✓
- Panic
  
  ⇔
  
  A storm ✓
- Sadness
  
  ⇔
  
  Rain ✓

To mimic means to...
- copy something. ✓
- throw something away.
- enjoy something.
What did Shakespearean theatres use to mimic human blood?
- Animal blood. ✓
- Red paint.
- Red food dye.
- Make up.
Something chaotic is something...
- predictable.
- unpredictable. ✓
- calm.
- angry.
Match the special effect with the act.
- Using a blood soaked dummy
  
  ⇔
  
  A dead body ✓
- Using a trap door
  
  ⇔
  
  A dramatic entrance ✓
- Setting off gunpowder
  
  ⇔
  
  Cannon fire ✓
'The Tempest' begins with a...
- 'storm' ✓
Which two of the following might they have used to create the effect of a storm in Shakespearean theatre?
- Banging coconut shells together.
- Throwing water on stage. ✓
- Rolling a cannon ball across the stage. ✓
- Having people speak slowly and calmly.

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The theatre was a full sensory experience.
The theatre used special effects to simulate battles, injuries and storms.
These special effects added to the mood of the play and made it more realistic for the audience.

That Shakespearean theatre didn't have special effects.

Although they didn't have access to modern technology, the theatre used many special effects to help make the production more realistic.

Sensory - Sensory is relating to sensations or the physical senses.
Simulate - To simulate something is to imitate the appearance or character or something.
Mimic - To mimic means to copy.
Mood - The mood of a text is the emotional undertone to it.
Chaotic - Something chaotic means something in a state of complete confusion or disorder.