D) Tell the class what is the role of the theatre in the lives of people and in your own life.
II. 1. Different people have different opinions about the theatre. The short monologues that follow will acquaint you with seven persons expressing their views on theatrical problems. Enact the monologues in the form of interviews.
Use the following conversational formulas of encouraging people to speak and avoiding being misunderstood.
(a) Do tell us what you think about it, will you? Really! So, what do you suggest? You don't care for it, you mean. And what is wrong with it? What about...? It's very interesting indeed. But don't you think...? Explain it, please. You mean to say that...
(b) Please, don't misunderstand me. I mean... Don't get me wrong. You haven't got the point, I think. Now, I didn't say that. No, I mean something different. No ... just let me finish. I was about to say that... I'm not implying that... Well/1 didn't really mean that...
David Stone, 42, artist
I am quite fond of the theatre, even though I don't go there too often. In my opinion, the value of the theatre is rather the same as of art in the broad sense of the word: it is the focus of the spiritual life of the nation. As for the contemporary 
theatre, I think that it sadly lacks genuine 
настоящей poetry 
, harmony and heroic 
spirit. The prevailing tendency of today is to stage ставить the tragedy 
in such a way that it loses its noble spirit and lofty возвышенные passions. I don't think that is the appropriate way to bridge перекрывать the gap between, let us say, Shakespeare 
and the contemporary audiences. Somehow, Shakespearean 
atmosphere 
should be preserved. I am all for high tragedy .
Charles Sanders, 30, musician
The theatre is a splendid art. It is also a very difficult art, and a defenceless уязвимый one, because everyone sees only the tip of the iceberg 
but is quite sure that he sees it all, and has something to say about it.
Personally I am not a passionate 
theatre-goer. I prefer to sit at home and read the play. The theatre dictates навязывают to me: they put their
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dish before me and insist on my swallowing глотание it. I won't have it. I prefer to have my own vision of the play.
Of course, one mustn't lose sight of the educational role of the theatre. But education should by no means become the primary aim, it shouldn't be too obvious, too didactic. The educational aim is best achieved when suddenly some secret spring пружина is touched, and the spectator feels: here is the moment of Truth. It is for this precious 
moment of Truth that people go to the theatre.
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Eugene Morris, 25, worker
I've never given a thought to the reason why I go to the theatre. My parents took me when I was a child, and the habit stuck осталась.
With me, the theatre is rest, work and a festive occasion. A good play makes one think: is it true to life? what should I have done in his place?
What I don't like in our contemporary theatre is the prevailing insistence on настаивание на the character who is a hopeless failure безнадёжный провал. What is the purpose of such plays? I want to see a hero on the stage, a man whom I could admire and try to imitate. Of course, I don't mean an "ideal" hero: no one is likely to believe in him. I mean a strong, honest man, but also kind and tolerant. It is difficult for me to dictate to dramatists 
драматург, but I hope you see what I mean.
Peter Wyndham, 35, film producer 
When a child I didn't go to the theatre. Once or twice my grandmother took me to the opera 
. One day we were late and arrived at the moment when a terrible thunderstorm had just broken out on the stage. Certainly an imitation thunderstorm, but I was so terrified 
that I screamed and ran away. After that I refused pointblank категорически to go to the theatre, and I grew up absolutely outside its influence.
I don't want you to think that I reject the theatre like so many film people. It's not that. I am simply indifferent. A friend of mine has produced "Macbeth" in Birmingham [′bə:mɪƞəm], and I can't make myself go and see it, though everyone says it is a tremendous 
success 
.
Irene Finch, 50, teacher
Today the theatre means nothing to me. Yet, there was a time when I was a passionate theatre-goer. I remember going home once,
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after the first night of "Othello" with Laurence Olivier. I was actually crying. The emotional impact воздействие was immense. I still remember every detail of that performance 
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Of course, I was young then. Probably, that is the reason. But no: I don't think so. Ask the young people today: are there plays that affect them so? I don't think so. The houses are certainly full, and one can't get a ticket for love or money. But, to my mind, the theatrical passions of today do not spring from a genuine 
love of the theatre but from other, less pure 
sources: fashion, prestige 
, idle праздное curiosity.
Helen Green, 16, schoolgirl
I don't understand why people go to the theatre. All these talks on the stage make me sick меня тошнит от этих разговоров. I prefer films, variety 
shows and, of course, rock concerts.
As to the theatre, it is not so bad when the scenery looks real. I mean, when the forest looks like a forest and not like the inside of a garage 
. I also like gorgeous 
великолепные costumes 
. In general, I must have something to look at and, of course, to listen to. I don't mean talks, but a really good song or two would make even a boring play endurable 
терпимой.
Elisabeth Allen, 20, student
The theatre is not only my favourite pastime. It occupies 
an immense part of my life. I think it is the greatest of the arts, I believe it to be the school of life, and the happiest moments of my own life have certainly been lived in theatres.
Sometimes one hears that the days of the theatre are over because it cannot successfully compete 
with the films and TV. I think that is nonsense. How can the theatre be compared with the cinema! In the latter в последнем случае you just stare 
таращите глаза at flat dead shades on the screen . In the theatre you communicate with living breathing people who share with you their joys and sorrows, and — what is more — their joys and sorrows are also your joys and sorrows. In their problems you recognize your own, and you are no longer alone. The drama 
properly staged and acted is not only communication but communion 
общение.
2. Look through the monologues and select the main problems raised by the speakers. Give your own view of each problem confirming or refuting the speaker's opinion.
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