Playwrights & Plays
Who wrote The Crucible?
Arthur Miller
What is blocking?
Planning actor movement on stage
What is a spike mark?
Tape marking set or actor locations
Commedia D'ell Arte is known for?
Improvisation, masks, and stock characters
Which Greek playwright was known for comedy?
Aristophanes
Who wrote The Importance of Being Earnest?
Oscar Wilde
What is an aside?
A line meant for the audience, not other characters
What is dry tech?
Tech rehearsal without actors
What was the purpose and goal of Epic Theatre?
Promote audience thinking and detachment
What was City Dionysia?
A festival in honor of Dionysus
Which playwright is associated with the Theatre of the Absurd?
Samuel Beckett
What does articulation refer to?
Speech clarity
What is a batten used for?
Flying lights or scenery
What does Realism aim for?
Likeness to life
Why is Thespis important to theatre history?
First actor to step out of the chorus and speak dialogue
Who created Epic Theatre?
Bertolt Brecht
What is Catharsis?
The purging of emotion
Adds color to lights
What does Theatre of Cruelty do?
Shock audiences using sensory extremes
In Elizabethan theatre, flags signaled what?
Show type
What playwright who wrote Doctor Faustus was also a spy for Queen Elizabeth I?
Christopher Marlowe
What is the forth wall?
An imaginary wall between actors and audience
What is an Apron?
Part in front of the stage
What is the purpose of Avant Garde theatre?
Experimental and new ideas, moving away from realism
The Globe Theatre burned down because of what?
Cannon use