A View from the Bridge Act 1 opening recap

Which character opens Act 1?

• Alfieri

• Eddie

• Catherine

What is the character's (who opens Act 1) role in the play?

• The main character

• A secondary character

• The Chorus - this character speaks to the audience directly

• The narrator

What is the character's (who opens Act 1) job?

• Lawyer

• Repairman

• He doesn't have a job

• An Italian immigrant

Where is the play set?

• Sicily

• America

• Red Hook

• New York

What does the character who opens the play and the Italian immigrants have in common?

• They are both American

• They are both immigrants

• They are both Italian

How is the setting described?

• The "fancy side" of Brooklyn

• The "slums" of Brooklyn

• The "slums" of Italy

What are stage directions?

• These show us where the props and the characters are on stage, and the tone of the character speaking.

• These show us how the characters are speaking

• These show us in which direction the character is about to go

• These show us where the props are on stage

What is the character who opens Act 1 doing at the start of the play?

• He walks across the stage to his desk in his office

• He goes in the kitchen which is on stage

• He speaks to Eddie Carbone

• He exits his office which is on stage

What do we, the audience, find out from the character's speech (who opens Act 1)?

CHOOSE TWO

• That Red Hook is not a nice place to live in

• That the houses in Red Hook can only be afforded by rich people

• That Eddie Carbone is rich and a hard-worker

• That the Italian immigrants who live in Red Hook are poor

Who is the second character to be introduced on stage?

• Eddie Carbone

• Catherine

• Beatrice

• Alfieri