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LESSON 3 Cinema or theatre?
1 
W o r k in p a ir s . R e a d a n d a n s w e r t h e q u e s tio n s .
What is Theatre? Why has it lasted so long? What does it mean to us?
Is there something special to itself that it offers us?
J.B. Priestley
1) Why did the English writer John Boynton Priestley ' 
write ‘Theatre’ with a capital letter?
2) What is your answer to the w riter’s questions?
2 a W o rk in p a irs. Say w h a t you th in k a b o u t th e id ea s in 
th e te x ts . Do you a g re e /n o t agree?
a) Real life. 
d) In the theatre, you decide what to watch.
b) Theatre is a source of knowledge. 
e) Real conversations.
c) Best entertainment for tourists. 
f) Live performance is better than a picture.
1) The theatre is more powerful than 
the cinema because the picture cannot be 
matched with a “ live” actor playing. The 
ballet and opera, comedy and musicals 
can mix all the feelings. Each theatre is 
unusual because of its emotions, actors 
and history.
2) A theatre will always be an important 
tourist attraction of every city. Its architec­
ture, actors and plays will always be amaz­
ing for each visitor. Going to the theatre is 
the best way to spend a very interesting 
evening full of emotions. You will enjoy the 
plays it performs. You will remember this 
life experience for a long time.
3) Live theatre and film are very different 
media. In a film, the camera makes a lot 
of decisions for you: what direction to look, 
where to focus and what to listen to. In 
a live performance, your brain changes
its attention from one thing to another. 
Think of the “ party event” . When you are 
among a lot of people, you can focus on 
one voice in a noisy room. The film makes 
these decisions for you.
4) In the theater, it is a real live person 
directly in front of you. It is the reason why 
people prefer original paintings to copies 
and that is why they pay more money for 
the theatre.
5) There is a kind of conversation bet­
ween performers and audience during a 
live show that simply cannot be there 
when you are watching a film. While I love 
the cinema technology that allows me to 
have “ conversations” like this one, they 
are not as real as a talk with a human 
being in the same room. You can watch 
a film alone on TV but in the theatre with 
other people, you feel more emotions.
2 b W o rk in p a irs. Say w h a t you th in k a b o u t id e a s in th e te x ts . 
Do you a g re e /n o t ag ree ?
e .g . I agree. You can watch a movie or read a book 
but going to the theatre is something special. 
At the theatre the actors can see you and it 
makes you a part of the play. It gives you 
different feelings, energy and emotions.
e .g . I don’t agree. The theatre 
is boring. I don’t like to 
be with a lot of people 
in one room. I prefer 
watching TV at home.
, .L is te n and w rite if th e sp e a ke r 0 . 
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4 W o r k in p a ir s o r s m a ll g r o u p s . S a y w h a t 
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