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the U.S depended on _______ for its drama and theatre styles.
Europe.
what year did the savoy theatre open?
1881
Besides drama and entertainment, name one of the two other reasons people visited 20th-century theatres.
Education or to learn something new.
What two specific performance styles were found in 20th-century American theatre?
Realistic and experimental.
what is melodrama?
the exaggeration of characters in conflict-heroine/hero vs. the villain.
what is the arena staging also called?
theatre in the round.
For what specific group of people were new forms of theatre like Vaudeville and Burlesque created?
Working people.
True or False: In the early 1800s, the United States created its own unique drama styles independent of Europe.
false
due to the _______ _______, many classes of people moved into the cities and theatre began to change
industrial revolution.
what is Vaudeville?
acts like song-and-dance
routines.
Besides Romantic plays, what other types of plays were still performed at major 19th-century theatres?
Revivals of the classics (or Shakespeare).
20th-century American theatre became known for having both realistic styles and what other type of performance style?
Experimental styles.
in 1820, candles and oil lamps where replaced with what?
gas lights
in the end of the 19th century who's plays where sill being performed?
Shakespeare.
Why were candles and oil lamps replaced in early 19th-century theatres?
they often started fires.
What was a key difference in how 20th-century actors portrayed their characters compared to earlier eras?
They expressed characters in performances with music.
what was the first stage lit by electricity?
savoy theatre
what is Burlesque?
dramatic works that make a subject appear ridiculous
By the last decades of the 19th century, what were audiences "getting tired of"?
Revivals.
While the Savoy Theatre made history in 1881 as the first to be lit entirely by electricity, its owner, Richard D’Oyly Carte, had to perform a specific, dramatic "safety demonstration" on stage to calm a terrified public. What did he do?
He stepped onto the stage and smashed a glowing incandescent light bulb with a hammer.