Genre
Which genre usually ends in a wedding?
Haha
What is the name of the main character in Machinal, referred to as Young Woman?
Helen Jones.
"The great work begins. The Messenger has arrived".
Angels in America (angel reveal)
True or False: In Angels in America, Prior dies at the end of Millennium Approaches.
False.
What is the shape made in Samuel Beckett's absurdist play?
A Square; a quad.
Eleanor Fuchs defines tragedy as moving from ____ to ___ in Visit to a Small Planet.
union to disunion OR threat to disaster
In Angels in America, who is the only character not double casted?
Louis.
Who in his right mind would rather rule and live in anxiety than sleep in peace? Particularly if he enjoys the same authority. Not I, I’m not the man to yearn for kingship.
Oedipus - Creon.
In Oedipus, what does he blind himself with?
Jocasta's brooches.
In Nightvision by Dominique Morisseau, what object on stage is crucial to the plot?
The hoodie that Ezra eventually takes with him when he leaves.
What genre is characterized by fragmentation, distortion, and non-linear plot structure, and which play did we read that falls into this genre?
Expressionist and Machinal.
What is Cecily's relationship to Jack/Earnest in the Importance of Being Earnest?
Cecily is Jack's 18 year old ward.
"I really don’t see anything romantic in proposing. It is very romantic to be in love. But there is nothing romantic about a definite proposal."
The Importance of Being Earnest (Algernon)
In the Importance of Being Earnest, what is the term that Algernon uses to refer to making people up to get out of social commitments?
Bunburying.
What is the definition of a fatal flaw?
a trait (usually hubris) that brings about the downfall of the central tragic character
What is the only visual difference between the actors in Quad (according to Beckett's script?)
The color of their costumes.
By the end of Oedipus, who is king?
Creon, who replaces Oedipus after he exiles himself.
"Leave me alone! Oh my God am I never to be let alone! Always to have to submit -to submit!"
Machinal; The Young Woman in the scene in the jail where her hair is cut.
Why did Oedipus run away from his home in Corinth?
To avoid fulfilling the prophecy that he would kill his father and marry his mother; he thought his adoptive Corinthian parents were his real parents.
What are Aristotle's six elements of drama?
plot, character, thought, diction, music, and spectacle
We've read six plays so far in this class. Which three have non-climactic plot structures?
Quad, Machinal, and Angels in America.
In Angels in America, which characters are actual historic figures? (There are two).
Roy Cohn and Ethel Rosenberg.
Play and Character: "When you come through the door at night your face is never exactly the way I remembered it. I get surprised by something... mean and hard about the way you look."
In Machinal, during the trial, who provides the witness statement about the pebbles that damns Helen/Young Woman?
The Lover provides a witness statement on how he gave Helen the bowl with pebbles and a lily, and this statement is read to the court by the lawyer for the prosecution.
What are Clayton's seven basic technical elements of theater?
Scenery, Acting, Spatial Relationships, Costumes, Sound, Lighting, and Audience