Endgame
A blind, wheelchair-bound character
Hamm
What does Hamm cover his face with at the end of the play?
A handkerchief
An acting role with very few lines; a piece of stage business in one scene.
Line of Business
focuses on role-playing and the relationship between reality and theatrical illusions, and is based on the belief that tragedy cannot suit the modern world.
Tragedy, Meta-tragedy, Meta-Theater
literary or musical work marked by extreme freedom of style and structure and usually by elements of burlesque or parody a lavish...
Extravanganza
Where were these two characters placed the entire play? and Who are they?
Nagg & Nell/Trash bins
What kind of animal did Hamm ask for
Stuffed dog
used to refer to the recall of physical sensations surrounding emotional events (instead of the emotions themselves).
Emotion Memory
Theater relies upon techniques that interrupt the flow of plot and acting.
Political Theater, (Brecht)
A dramatic work in which the plot, which is typically sensational and designed to appeal strongly to the emotions, takes precedence over detailed characterization
Melodrama
What genre is Endgame?
Tragicomedy/Drama
Endgame copies the same concept of which board game?
Chess
An actress or other female performer playing a lively, flirtatious role in a play or opera
Soubrette
This became associated with progressive art, particularly related to socialism and anarchism.
Theater and the Avant-Garde
was characterized by its emphasis on emotion and individualism as well as the glorification of all the past and nature, preferring the medieval rather than the classical
Romanticism
Hamm continuously asked Clov for ------ but Clov didn’t give it to him
Painkillers
What is the view outside both windows?
Ocean and Earth
A technique of acting in which an actor aspires to complete emotional identification with a part
Method Acting
Focused on Art for Art’s Sake—a movement that emphasized beauty over the social or political use of artworks.
Aestheticism
A dramatic entertainment, originating in Roman mime, in which performers express meaning through gestures accompanied by music designed for family entertaining
Pantomimes
Which major theme describes the characters feel throughout the play?
Loneliness, Pain and Emptiness
Hamm and Clov both panic when they find that Clov has a ----- in his pants
Flea
describes an ability to imagine oneself in a set of fictional circumstances and to envision the consequences of finding oneself facing that situation in terms of action
Magic If
emphasizes the absurdity of human existence by employing disjointed, repetitious, and meaningless dialogue, purposeless and confusing situations, and plots that lack realistic or logical development
Theatre of the Absurd
participants make still images with their bodies to represent a scene, can be used to quickly establish a scene that involves a large number of characters. Because there is no movement.
Tableaux