Question

What production by the Performance Group in New York, described by Wilson, controlled the audience's introduction to the play by making them wait in line outside the theatre before the performance?

A) King Lear
B) Dionysus in 69
C) The Bacchae
D) Cloud 9

Answer 1

B) Dionysus in 69

Step-by-step explanation:

The Performance Group was a theatre group based in New York, it produced Dionysus in 69. TGP's founder and artistic director Richard Schechner directed and conceived the play. It was a site specific theatre that utilised the audience and space in such a manner as t bring them in close contact with each other. It challenged the orthodox theatre interpolating action and text devised by the audience, deconstructing Euripides text and involving the spectators in sensory and artistic experience.