Romanticism
19th Century Melodrama
19th Century Realism and Naturalism
the Avant-garde from the late 19th century to the 1960s
modern and contemporary popular theatre
100
What did the preromantic playwrights who deliberately broke all the rules of neoclassicism call themselves?
What is Sturm und Drang or "storm and stress"
100
He was one of the best melodramatic writers, writing tales of Irish, British, and American struggles and hardships
Who is Dion Boucicault
100
A rebellion against romanticism and melodrama, but at the same time a realization of what romanticism and melodrama had approached visually
What is realism
100
refers to both early realistic and nonrealistic theatre from the late 19th century to present day
What is Modernism
100
This trend has continued unchecked since Ibsen
What is realism
200
What is a self-referencing play that represents theatre as a theatre?
What is a metatheatrical play
200
This replaced candles and oil lamps
What is gaslight
200
The first fully realistic plays are usually credited to
What is Henrik Ibsen
200
Derived from the French term vanguard
What is Avant-garde
200
A play that tells a story and has spoken text as well as songs
What is the book musical
300
Staging and design in the romantic era imitated the interior of a room by introducing what scenic device?
What is box set
300
These two countries were exceptionally adept and prolific with form
What is England and United States
300
Created a collective hero or focused on the action of a group, and avoided central characters
What is naturalism
300
Dramatized the dehumanization or destruction of humanity at the hands of industry and war
What is expressionism
300
Phantom of the Opera and Les Miserables are examples of what kind of theatre
What is modern musical
400
What is the creation of historically accurate costumes and scenery?
What is antiquarianism
400
Augustin Daly's play introduced the victim tied to the railroad tracks
What is Under the Gaslight
400
He said that playswrights should create a “slice of life”, following actual pace of everyday life
Who is Emile Zola
400
Antonin Artaud's theory that focused on personal rather than social change and advocates working on emotions by assualting the audience's sense
What is Theatre of Cruelty
400
The first nonmusical Broadway production written and directed by African Americans
What is A Raisin in the Sun
500
What was the first known professional African American theatre company?
What is the African Company
500
Many devices we associate with realism or special effects for film were first developed for this
What is Spectacle
500
These two were used as strong determinants of human character and behavior in plays
What is Heredity and environment
500
Centered on characters who are strangers to each other, trapped in a violent, meaningless world
What is Theatre of the Absurb
500
This was the first professional production to present a black actor with white actors on a Broadway stage
What is The Emperor Jones?
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