Cultural Background | Purpose | Education | Characteristics | Notable Accomplishments |
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What is POLAND?
The country in which Lee Strasberg was born.
(HINT: The capital city is Warsaw,) |
What is INFLUENZA?
The 1918 pandemic that indirectly made Lee go to acting school.
(HINT: It's something most people get a shot for every fall.) |
What is TOWNSEND HARRIS HIGH SCHOOL?
The high school Lee dropped out of.
(HINT: It was named after the first U.S. envoy to live in Japan.) |
What is UGLY or UNHANDSOME?
The opposite of beautiful, but masculine.
(HINT: Lee thought that he was too ___ to be a professional actor.) |
What is the GROUP THEATRE?
The theatre guild Lee founded with Cheryl Crawford and Harold Clurman.
(HINT: They were a Group that loved Theatre.) |
What is NEW YORK CITY?
The American city where Lee's career began.
(HINT: He was greeted by Lady Liberty on his way in!) |
What is NATURALISM?
The first type of acting Lee was exposed to.
(HINT: It aims to create an illusion of reality.) |
What is LOWER EAST SIDE?
The area of New York where Lee started his directing career.
(HINT: It's the east side -- upper or lower?) |
What is A TEACHER?
The role Lee filled most often in his professional career.
(HINT: They govern your classrooms!) |
What is THE METHOD or METHOD ACTING?
The acting theory Lee taught that used naturalism and affective memory.
(HINT: It's founded on Stanislavski principles.) |
Who is STANISLAVSKI?
The man whose acting principles changed the trajectory of Lee's life.
(HINT: It starts with a Stan- and ends with a -lavski.) |
What is AFFECTIVE MEMORY?
The controversial principle Lee taught his students to elicit more authentic emotions.
(HINT: It was a type of "memory".) |
Who are RICHARD BOLEVSLAVSKY and MARIA OUSPENSKAYA?
The actors he learned under at the American Laboratory Theatre,
(HINT: They both were taught by Stanislavski.) |
What is PASSION?
A characteristic that Lee possessed and instilled in his students.
(HINT: Red is a color representative of this.) |
What is THE ACTORS STUDIO?
The transformative force founded to give industry players a refuge to work away from pressure?
(HINT: It was a studio for actors and playwrights alike.) |