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| Why was Wedikind, himself, a controversial figure? |
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| he created and performed cabaret acts which were apparently sexually provocative and even obscene. |
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| In a Dream Play, what are the series of stages called to emphasize the Christian imagery? |
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| Strindberg's youthful unhappiness was a prelude to a troubled adulthood that included frequent episodes of what? |
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| What caused Strindberg to leave Sweden and go abroad? |
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| He was prosecuted for blasphemy because of the publication of "married," a collection of his stories |
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| Name Appia's two significant books. |
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| "Music and the Art of Theatre" and "The Work of Living Art" |
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| Edward Gordon Craig's magazine |
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| Who did Meyerhold play in the Seagull? |
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| For what was Henry Irving criticized? |
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| Physical flaws such as an unmelodious voice and a shambling gait, as well as unusual characterizations. |
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| Quote Ellen Terry's description of Irving. |
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| "He was a quiet, patient, tolerant, impersonal, gentle, close, crafty, incapable of caring for anything outside of his work." |
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| Benjamin Franklin Wedekind wrote... |
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| "Spring's Awakening" was combined... |
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| symbolism with grotesque movement. |
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| Hugo von Hofmannsthal took Greek and Medieval plays and did them in a... |
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| Hugo von Hofmannsthal wrote... |
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| "Electra" and "Every Man" |
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| Hugo von Hofmannsthal was a... |
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| Richard Strauss wrote the music for Hofmannsthal's opera called... |
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| August Strindberg wrote... |
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| "A Dream Play," "The Father," "The Ghost Sonata," "Master Olaf," "Miss Julie" |
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| "A Dream Play" includes these symbolic places... |
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| In "A Dream Play," on of the characters is... |
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| In "The Father," the wife drives the man crazy because... |
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| she tells him that their child is not his. |
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| Strindberg's first wife was... |
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| Strindberg's autobiography was entitled... |
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| Strindberg wrote plays for... |
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| The Intimate Theatre in Stockholm |
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| Theatre d'Art was founded by... |
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| Theatre d'Art produced whose plays?? |
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| Maeterlinck; The Intruder |
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| Aurelien Marie Lugne was founded by... |
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| Poe's theatre was without.... |
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| Julius Caesar and MacBeth |
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| "Ubo Roi" was offensive on every level and was almost shut down due to... |
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| merdre humor (bathroom humor) |
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| The Abbey Theatre was located in... |
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| The Abbey Theatre introduced 4 popular playwrights... |
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| William Butler Yeats, John Millinton Synge, Sean O'Casey, Augusta Gregory |
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| William Butler Yeats, John Millington Synge, and Sean O'Casey were all _____ playwrights. |
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| William Butler Yeats wrote... |
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| John Millington Synge wrote... |
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| "The Playboy of the Western World" |
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| Augusta Gregory was what kind of playwright? |
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| The two most famous designers were... |
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| Adolphe Appia, Edward Gordon Craig |
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| What was special about Appia's designs? |
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| anti realistic scenery, simple symbolic sets, multi directional colored lighting, "Adolphe Appia paints the stage with light" |
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| Edward Gordon Craig was the son of... |
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| Edward Gordon Craig's mistress was... |
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| Edward Gordon Craig wrote the book... |
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| The elements of "The Art of Theatre" are... |
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| mission to created a unified artwork, light is the key element, both lighting and scenery should be under the control of one person, get rid of proscenium arch, suggest the local don't reproduce it, use levels and platforms, get rid of the actors and use marionettes |
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| Together, Appia and Craig established... |
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| Vsevelod Emilievich Meyerhold was a... |
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| Meyerhold was the exact opposite of... |
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| Meyerhold was not interested in... |
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| For 10 years, Meyerhold was the director of... |
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| Imperial Theatre in St. Petersburg |
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| What was Meyerhold's philosophy? |
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| theatre belongs to the director, director is the author of the production, search for spaces that were not meant for the theatre, sometimes would leave house lights on, put performers in the audience, use of multimedia, expose the devices of theatre, biomechanics (train actors as machines), constructivism (set with ramps, platforms, unrealistic) |
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| Max Reinhardt began at... |
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| Max Reinhardt was an actor turned... |
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| Max Reinhardt did theatre in places like... |
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| circus buildings, cathedrals |
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| "A Mid Summer Night's Dream" |
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| Yevgeny Vakhtangov worked at the... |
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| Yevgeny Vakhtangov's philosophy was... |
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| every play has its own style found in the text and performers and audience |
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| The Chekhov Method was taught by... |
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| The Chekhov Method introduced... |
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| The Commercial Theatre introduced people like... |
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| Clyde Fitch, David Belasco, James O'Neill, The Schubert brothers, Minnie Fiske |
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| Clyde Fitch and David Belasco were what kind of playwrights? |
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| "Girl of the Golden West" |
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| James O'Neill played the part of... |
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| The Count of Monte Cristo |
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| The Schubert brothers became... |
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| Minnie Fisk was forbidden from playing on Broadway by... |
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| "The Importance of Being Earnest" "An Ideal Husband" |
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| William Poel was a _________ who returned ________to its original staging. |
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| Herbert Beerbohn Tree was a famous... |
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| Henry Irving was a famous... |
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| actor who was the first to be knighted |
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| The Peking Opera was in... |
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| Peking Opera was changed to the... |
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| Beijing Opera is also called |
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| The Peking Opera influenced |
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| Rabindranath Togore was... |
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| Rabindranath Tagore wrote in the language of... |
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| Rabindranath Tagore was... |
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| Rabindranath Tagore refused the title in 1919 of... |
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| Rabindranath Tagore wrote... |
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| Japan theatre was imported from... |
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| Osanai Koaru was the first production of... |
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| Bronson Howard was the first professional American... |
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| "Shenandoah" "Saratoga" "Young Mrs. Winthrops" |
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| "Girl of the Golden West" |
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| James A Hearne's wrote... |
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| Eubie Black was an AA who wrote... |
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