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Theatre of Cruelty
viewer's senses should be bombarded
humanities natural inclination for violence purged by theatre, cleansing modern society of all that was ugly |
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Stage Designer(Switzerland)
anti realistic staging
simple, symbolic sets
Symbolist |
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Playwright in 1930's and 40's
considered one of Broadway's leading authors of "high comedy"
Wrote for the Lunts
erhman's comedies repeatedly celebrate tolerance, yet show how tolerant people in their generosity are often vulnerable when confronted by fanatics or ruthless opportunists. |
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Epic Theatre
audience involved intellectually not emotionally
historification-plays set in the past but really representative of current events
alienation-production to force audience to remain emotionally detached (drop the baby)
Instigate Social Change |
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Producer
Literal realism
real details (food,wallpaper)authenticity key
got rid of footlights and substituted over head spotlight |
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Realism-modern tragicomedy
Relying on indirect action and character
subtext/dying Russian aristocracy/emotionally ambivalent
"The Seagull" |
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"The Art of Theatre"
theatre needs master artist
actors "super puppet"
wanted to free theatre from dependence on realism, literature, and the actor
established the modern unit setting-one basic setting that can represent various locales |
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Head of the Federal Theatre Project
"living newspaper"-dramatization of current events |
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| Actress, married to Alfred Lunt |
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Broadway Producer
The Syndicate!
preferred comedy
died on the sinking of the lusitania |
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Playwright "Trifles"
founded the Provincetown Players part of the "Little Theatre" movement-independent theatre movement after depression
Eugene O'Neill |
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Abbey Theatre (Ireland)
more realistic plays |
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Acclaimed English actor last part of 19th century
one of the first insist on total effect in productions
productions scene changes smooth and precise |
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Founder of Modern Realism
mastery of dramatic technique
explored interaction of people with society dealing with unhappy marriages, infidelity, and position of women. |
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Symbolist
"Ubu the King"
cynical and absurdist view on political leaders |
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British actress, life time supporter of noncommercial theatre in america, dedicated to making serious drama avaliable to american audiances
Ran Civic Rep theatre |
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Spanish Dramatist
dealt with unfortunate effects of Spanish society and the dark side of the Spanish character |
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Actor married to Lynn Fontanne
comedy actor |
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Antirealistic Director
Biomechanics-external physical training through physical motions an actor could evoke desired emotional response form audiance
Russian
found spaces-shatter 4th wall |
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Leading American Playwright
Father played Count of Monte Cristo
Province town players
expressionism-"The Hairy Ape" |
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Italian Dramatist
ran teatro d'Arte
explores illusion versus reality, truth versus fiction, and madness versus sanity |
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Director Russia
"The Good Solider Schweik"
develop proletarian theatre
epic theatre meant to instigate social change-epic because of epic scope
Bauhaus-school of arts-total concept all aspects of design in life |
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Black acotr
appeared in several of Eugenne O'Neil's plays
also very famous concert singer |
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| created monopoly of play circuits |
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poetic drama in realistic form
contemporary of Lady Gregory
Abbey Theatre
"Playboy of the Western World" |
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Co-founder of Moscow Art Theatre
Realism and Naturalism
1st method for teaching realistic acting |
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Symbolism!
Expresionistic,using symbolism, unrealistic shifts in action
late plays deal with swedish history
bad marriage, hard childhood, mentally unstable |
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of Williams and Walker
Black Acting duo
Business side |
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Black Actor
of Williams and Walker
the artist
"In Dahomey" and "Abyssinia"
First time americans saw blacks onstage without blackface without dialect and costumed in high fashion |
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The Abbey
opposed to realism, created symbolist plays based on myth and history |
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action onstage resembled what people could observe around them
social injustice, economic injustice,unhappy marriages,VD, and religious hypocrisy |
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Leading Anti-realistic movement
no plot action-instead indirect evocative and cerimonial
depict inner life
lyrical, musical and deliberate |
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Anti Art
arbitrariness of rules
what is art?
reaction to World War I
toilet a art
deliberatly confusing |
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Speed, violence, technology
originated in italy
audience should be confronted and antagonised |
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Follows individual protagonist
individual vs collective
primarily german in origin
romanticism, symbolism, allegory |
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Developed out of Dada movement
subconscious as highest place of reality
set in a dreamworld |
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Slice of Life
authenticity is key
reality tv |
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