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Absudism
Russian playwright living in Paris |
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Absudist/Selective Realism-"The American Dream"
main character as person split in two, sometimes rooms disappear |
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African American Theatre-"Dutchman"
infused allegory and lyricism in depictions of racially torn U.S. |
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| Founded The Living Theatre |
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Absurdim-"Waiting for Godot"
dramas deal with dullness of routine, futility of action and inability of humans to communicate |
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New Director
Known for collaborative work and theatrical approach to directing known as "viewpoints"-mixes differing acting techniques and refuses to suggest that one element or approach is more important |
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English producer/director
concerned with process of theatre, how things are done. Avoids "deadly" theatre (commercial theatre that does not allow for experimentation) |
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| Existentialism-articulated |
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Alternative American Director-Off-Broadway
Autobiographical and self reflexive
Always makes audience aware of watching a play that is commenting on itself. |
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Musical Choreographer and Director
using hats, gloves, canes
"All That Jazz" |
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Absurdism-Only French
was in prison-find some order in the chaos he saw around him. Ritual, ceremony, and role playing |
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Environmental Theatre-
Changed the way that people thought about theatre using commercial events
small, select audiences |
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African American Theatre-"A Raisin in the Sun"
1st black woman to have play on Broadway
Strongly influenced by civil rights movement |
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Czech Playwright "The Garden Party"
used dramatic techniques to make situations or characters seem ridiculous |
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Absurdidm-"Rhinoceros"
characters as caricatures
futility of communication
present a vision of life that is enlightening entertaining or both, Not teach a lesson |
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Strongly influences Harold Pinter
Major German fiction wirter of 20th centary |
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"Oleanna"
Naturalistic language and settings
Drawn out characters whose struggles are clearly recognizable |
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| Founded The Living Theatre |
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Founder of Dodge Productions
Director
Worked with Joseph Papp |
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Selective Realism-"Death of a Salesman"
focused on failure, guilt, responsibility for one's own actions.
Affects of society on individual |
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| Free New York Shakespeare Festival known as "The Public" |
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Absurdism-"The Homecoming"
lack of explanation of backgrounds or motives. Introduces outside menacing forces and dialogues.
Dramatic World somewhat realistic |
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| French Existential-"No Exit" |
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Alternative Theatre
Founded the Performance group
Mother COurage- had audiance move from time to time relationship to stage action constiny changing |
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"TrueWest"
Dramas blend American West, pop motifs, and sci fi
Characters are storytellers, long monlogues |
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Cafe La Mama
introduces new playwrights and directors |
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(Scenic Designer) Combined live actors with images projected on multiple screens
Kinetics-play exists only in performance so setting must be dynamic ,changing throughout the performance according to demands of text |
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Selective Realism-"Streetcar Named Desire"
outsiders trapped in a hostile environment
plight of societies outcasts |
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Alternative American Director
Creates huge long epic productions-revolve around intensely theatrical images |
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Musical
heavily dependent on plot and character, integrates the script with the musical style and major musical themes, often contains as many scenes of spoken dialogue as it does musical numbers, and often seeks to use technical aspects that create an atmosphere of quasi-realism |
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Shows metaphor or statement is more important then narrative
Chorus Line |
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What happens in life cannot be explained logically > attempt to reflect this absurdity in dramatic action of plays
-plot moves in circle,strange dialogue, nothing seems to happen |
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comes out of WWII
Little meaning in irrational universe
Conventional Plays
-old form new metaphysics
-argued for the existence of irrationality
-meaningless pointless existences
"No Exit" |
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Traditionalism (Past is good, Authority figures are good)
Modernism (evaluate are own knowledge, past is suspect)
Post Modernism-how we talk about knowledge |
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| "Kitchen Sink" including everything in set |
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Systems of thought- (these aren't the end)
Cultural narratives and myths (American Dream)
Meaning (Subject encompasses too many things)
Assumptions may not be correct |
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A type of realism that heightens certain details of action, scenery and dialogue while omitting others
Examples:Death of a Salesman, The Glass Menagerie |
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| England 1950-dealt with dissolving the b British empire, class conflict,and political disillusionment |
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| German Movement- Based on Historical movements/documents giving it an air of authenticity |
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| uses previously released popular songs as its musical score. |
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