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A night out at the opera to see an adaptation of an obscure 17th-century English play may sound like an expensive nap. But what

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问题     A night out at the opera to see an adaptation of an obscure 17th-century English play may sound like an expensive nap. But what if audience members were handed Venetian masks and invited to wander around the theater as the action unfolded? That’s exactly what the London-based theater company Punchdrunk and the English National Opera have done with The Duchess of Malfi, which opened July 13 in an empty office complex outside the city. With dancers, opera singers, and musicians roving throughout the three-story building, the audience is turned loose to explore an elaborate set that includes Victorian sitting rooms, rustic teahouses — which offer actual cocktails — a ghostly forest, and macabre(恐怖的)offices. Along the way, viewers stumble upon random scenes, which they must piece together before everyone gathers in a warehouse for the grand finale.

    The show, which immediately sold out, is just London’s latest example of immersive theater, a popular new genre that blends high drama with haunted-house theatrics in a strange mashup of acting, performance art, and choose-your-own-adventure storytelling. "It’s a combination of spectacle and intimacy, " says Felix Barrett, Punchdrunk’s artistic director, who believes the hunger for deeper, more personalized theater experiences reflects a backlash against the shallow immediacy of today’s Internet culture. "Some people have gotten lazy. And The Duchess of Malfi is something that, really, you have to work for. It’s a theatrical puzzle the audience needs to solve themselves. " For David Jubb, the artistic director at London’s Battersea Arts Centre, who has worked closely with Punchdrunk on past productions, having participants construct their own narrative is part of the "democratization" of the art form. "Too often, theater is something where you sit, and could happen if you were there or not, " he says. "It’s an experience that needs to catch up with the times. "
    As with any democracy, participation is key, which is why Jubb is staging a One-on-One Festival this month showcasing a variety of short works performed for one viewer at a time. In most of them, all that’s required is a good-natured willingness to play along. For example, in Rotating in a Room of Images, by the group Lundahl & Seitl, audience members wear headphones while a whispering voice and delicate hands guide them alone through dark rooms, past haunting scenes resembling Dutch Renaissance paintings.     Immersive moments are also making their way into more standard fare. Some of the best are the least expected. At a staging of La Boheme at the Cock Tavern Theatre in North London earlier this year, ticketholders filed down to the pub at intermission only to be surprised by a song-and-dance routine performed by actors pretending to be patrons sipping their beers.
    Encouraging audience participation has its risks. Blood has even been spilled. During a performance of Money — a piece by the theater company Shunt that takes place on a dystopian(反乌托邦的). machinelike stage set — an overzealous audience member head-butted one of the actors midscene. Rule No. 1 in immersive theatergoing: get your mask at the door, but bring your own helmet.
What can we learn about traditional theaters from the passage?
选项 A、Traditional theaters put on performances in the evening.
B、Most people could not afford to go to the theaters.
C、Sometimes audience was invited to join the play.
D、Modern people become uninterested in old-time theaters.
答案D
解析 事实细节题。第一段提到晚上去歌剧院看改编自一出难懂的17世纪英国歌剧的歌剧听起来像是买了昂贵的一觉。由此可以看出，人们对于旧时的剧院不那么感兴趣了，故[D]项正确。虽然这句中提到了晚上去听歌剧，但不是说传统的剧院只在晚上表演，故[A]项错误。原文说的是如果听歌剧的过程睡觉，相当于花钱买了昂贵的一觉，不是说人们没钱去剧院，故[B]项错误。原文提到的是浸入式的剧院会邀请观众参与，而且第二段倒数第二句也提到在传统的剧院观众都是坐着，故[C]项错误。
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