True or False: Naturalism is a less extreme version of Realism
False
100
What was the leading antirealistic movement between 1880 and 1910?
Symbolism
100
What is the name of those between 1875-1975 who tried to bridge the gap between realism and antirealism?
eclectics
100
What is the term for the type of theatre that engages its audience and keeps them on the edge of their seats?
popular theatre
100
True or False: Naturalism plays tend to focus on the Upper Class
False
200
Who combined elements of Comedy Tragedy to form what we call a Tragicomedy
Anton Chekhov
200
Vsevolod Meyerhold frequently experimented with __________ - Exposing the elements of theater to make the audience members aware that they are watching theatre.
Theatricalism
200
With the advancements in technology and communication, theatrical ideas were easily exchanged because of this term…
globalization
200
What is a main type of popular theatre?
Musicals
farces
comedias
drama
200
Who created the Works Progress Administration?
FDR
300
What is the goal of Realism?
Convey everything on stage to resemble observable everyday life
300
__________ was a movement in art and literature in which the representation of reality was distorted in order to communicate inner feelings.
Expressionism
300
What is the name of the popular theatre form in China which combines music, theatre, and dance with colorful conventions of makeup, costumes, movement, and voice production?
Beijing Opera
300
What is the term for a spoken portion of the text of a musical?
"book"
300
_________ is a concept of theater based on magic and ritual, which would liberate deep, violent, and erotic impulses.
Theater of Cruelty
400
Who wrote "The Father" and "Mrs. Julie"?
August Strindberg
400
What is most famous absurdist drama?
Waiting for Godot
400
Who was the well-known contemporary eclectic that tried to avoid “deadly” commercial theater?
Peter Brook
400
Oscar Hammerstein and Jerome Kern combined their talents in 1927 to create this musical…
Show Boat
400
Bertolt Brecht developed what he called ________ which aimed at the intellect rather than the emotions in order to affect social change.
Epic Theatre
500
Which Independent Theatre was most influential in the Production of Realism?
Moscow Art Theater
500
Meyerhold devised an acting system known as _______, which emphasized external, physical training.
Biomechanics
500
Who founded avant-garde Theatre du Soleil in Paris in 1964?
Mnouchkine
500
What was the significance of the musical Hair?
-changed musical theatre because it had no actual story line
-changed musical theatre because it was a celebration of the antiestablishment lifestyle of the 1960s
-after it was produced fewer book musicals were produced
-after it was produced productions were then build around an idea rather than a story
500
What two playwrights were know for using "Selective Realism"?