Realism and Naturalism
Actors believe this is a solid object between their stage and the audience.
What is the fourth wall?
Stanislavski was a world-famous actor and director from this country.
What is Russia?
Chekhov died from this ailment.
What is Tuberculosis?
Henrik Ibsen was born in this Northern European country.
What is Norway?
August Strindberg was the founder of this movement.
What is Naturalism?
Performing an emotion rather than genuinely experiencing it is called this.
What is acting?
The actor uses this magic word to ask themself "what would I do in this situation."
What is the magic if?
While Chekhov thought all his plays were comedies, most had heartbreaking moments, making them this.
What is a tragicomedy?
What is a Box Set?
Strindberg called this Ikea-based country home.
What is Sweden?
This is what Realism and Naturalism got away from in style, causing to focus on the other actor instead of the audience.
What is Presentational acting?
These are the challenges that get in a character's way from getting what they want.
What are Obstacles?
This is Chekhov's most famous play, about a family able to pay off a debt but not doing anything about it.
What is the Cherry Orchard?
What is performance?
This is Strindberg's most famous Natural-based play.
What is Miss Julie?
Realistic dialogue got away from poetic speech and focused on these bipedal animals.
What are humans?
These are the smaller playable sections a scene is divided into to allow actors to play different tactics.
This theory states that for every significant detail that appears in the first act, there should be a payoff in the end.
What is Chekhov's Gun?
Hedda Gabler focused on a woman of high intelligence that felt this way about her life.
What is Trapped?
Strindberg focused his naturalism to include real furniture, food, and even these hanging on the walls.
What are animal carcasses?
Naturalistic acting requires actors to behave rather that do this.
What is Perform?
This is the over-arcing goal that a character wants, not just now, but at the end of the play.
What is the super-objective?
In Chekhov's plays, this lies beneath the dialogue, and is important for the actor to focus on.
What is subtext?
What are Psychological?
Strindberg believed that we were the product of our environment and this, what we received from our parents.
What is Heredity?