Theatre Figures
Who was Edwin Forrest?
America’s first native-born actor
Who was Victor Hugo?
A French Novelist
What is a Proscenium?
the arch from which the curtain hangs
What is the name of our play?
Miss Julie
What happened in 1805?
Gaslighting is first introduced in Great Britain
Who was Oscar Wilde?
Irish writer, author of A Woman of No Importance and The Importance of Being Earnest
Who was Louis Braille?
A French inventor of a reading system for the blind
What is the 4th wall?
an invisible or imaginary wall that divides the real world versus the play world
Who was the Author if Miss Julie?
August Strindberg
What happened in 1816?
The Chestnut Theatre in Philadelphia is the first theatre to illuminate its stage with gas lighting
Who was Sarah Bernhardt?
French performer, perhaps the greatest actress of the nineteenth century
Who was Susan B. Anthony?
American Leader of the women’s suffrage movement
What is a Clockwork plot?
A plot that concludes superficially and or unrealistically
When was Miss Julie written?
1888
What happened in 1837?
The first limelight (or Drummond light) a prototype of the spotlight was first used by William Charles Macready
Who was Henrik Ibsen?
Norwegian playwright and author of A Doll House and Hedda Gabler
Who was Johannes Brahms?
A German composer
What are Gas Jets?
Devices that allowed for exact lighting across the stage
How long did it take August Strindberg to write the play?
What happened in 1849?
A Rivalry between William Charles Macready and Edwin Forrest leads to Astor Place riot in New York 22 people are killed
Who was Dion Boucicault?
Irish actor and writer of popular melodramas
Who was Henry David Thoreau?
American Transcendental writer and naturalist
What is a Panorama?
A device at the back of the stage that was used as a staging device
When was the play first preformed?
1889
What happened in 1896?
The first revolving stage is installed by Karl Lautenschlager at the Residenz Theatre in Munich