2. Fill in the blanks with the words from the list below; explain your choice.

1. What did you think of the ____________?

2. Who ____________ Hamlet?

3. He has ____________many successful productions.

4. He____________a lot of interesting productions.

5. Lady Bracknell____________Edith Evans.

6. I saw Paul Scofield____________ Macbeth./ I saw Paul Scofield as Macbeth.

7. ____________is played by Erick Porter.

8. There are several/no good ____________in the play.

9. His acting wasn’t very good, but he certainly ____________.

10. Eric Porter plays ____________.

11. He forgot his____________ in the middle of the second act and had to be prompted.

12. Eric Porter ____________.

13. He ____________ Jimmy Porter in “Look Back in Anger”.

14. He has been ____________to the arts.

List of words: played, plays the lead, appeared in, looked the part, ’s been in, was played by, male/female parts, honoured for (his) services, in the part of, acting, the leading part, lines, starred as, the main part.

3. Fill in the gaps with the words from the list below. Act out the dialogues.

Dialogue 1

• Let’s go and buy some lemonade or ____________, I’d like to drink something during an____________.

• That’s a good idea. I feel thirsty too.

• Well, Ann how do you like the ____________?

• The ____________ is perfect, to my mind. Why, it doesn’t seem like acting! Each actor ____________ so realistically, so ____________.

• No wonder. The ____________ of this theatre is really outstanding. Besides, tonight ____________ is playing.

• Yes, indeed. I was completely ____________ by their acting.

• And the ____________ is superb.

• Yes, especially in the first ____________ of the first ____________.

• Here is the ____________. Let’s drink some grape juice.

• O.K.

• Isn’t that the third ____________? The____________ are going up, and I think I hear the orchestra ____________.

• Let’s hurry. That’s our staircase, to the right. I am not which aisle is ours. Here’s an____________, she will show us to our ____________.

List of words: juice, true to life, an all-star cast, intermission, scenery, bell, acting, carried away, refreshment room, play, scene, tuning up, company, act, performs his part, seats, usher, curtains.

Dialogue 2

• How are you planning to spend this evening?

• We are going to ____________ “Othello” at the National theatre tonight.

• And who is playing the ____________? Laurence Olivier himself, I suppose? He is the artistic ____________of the company, isn’t he?

• Yes, he is. He is also a ____________ with ____________, from tragic to comic.

• What does he play?

• Well, besides playing tragic heroes, such as ____________`s Romeo, Hamlet, Macbeth, Lear, Othello, he plays equally well comic characters ____________ Shakespeare`s “Twelfth Night” and Sheridan’s ____________.

• Have you got good ____________?

• Oh, very good. We have seats ____________ the ____________ stalls, ____________ the stage.

• Well, have a nice evening!

• Thank you.

List of words: “School for Scandal”, see, star, seats, facing, in, leading part, Shakespeare, director, in, a wide range of parts, orchestra.