Machinal
This play is written in a _______ structure
Episodic
The playwright was criticized for writing in...
English
What major historical event is taking place during this play?
World War II
Who wrote this play? (Full name)
David Henry Hwang
Who wrote this play?
Suzan-Lori Parks
What -ism does this play use?
Expressionism
Where is this play set and what culture does it talk about?
Nigeria; Yoruba
What is the type of theatre Luis Valdez start working in?
El Teatro Campesino
This play includes references to what opera written by who?
Madame Butterfly by Puchini
Define a "rest" and a "spell"
Spell- elongated heightened break/rest
Explain the alienation effect and what else it is called
Also called Epic Theatre
This play is an example of ________ thatre
postcolonial
What is the name of the trial/murder in this play?
Sleepy Lagoon Murder
Define intertextuality and intersectionality
Relationship between texts, using texts in other texts
Interconnection of social categories such as race, class, gender, etc
What is metatheatre? Give an example from the text.
aspects that draw attention to the fact that it is a play.
Booth rehearses 3-card monte, Lincoln rehearsing
What is the sound of machines, phonographs, typewriters, and muffled speech an example of in this play?
Soundscape
Name 5 characters in this play
Elesin, Iyaloja, Simon Pilkings, Olunde, Jane Pilkings, Amusa, Praise-Singer, Joseph, King
What are the two characters who play multiple characters in this play?
The Press and El Pachuco
Hwang said this play is about....
the misunderstanding between men and women and also East and West
What is Chekov's Gun
What is this play based on? (provide names)
What type of play is this?
Dramatization
What were the reasons for the Zoot Suit Riots?
The wearing of Zoot Suits (which take up a lot of fabric), targeting of people wearing zoot suits,
patriotism, unfair trial
define "the Other"
Conceptual term to describe persons or groups which are excluded from the self-definition of another group because they are seen to be fundamentally different
Park makes use of the ______ and ______ qualities of dramatic speech
acoustic and semantic