Playwrights
This playwright wrote many Theatre of the Absurd plays, including Krapp's Last Tape and Waiting for Godot
Samuel Beckett
This theatre form was established by Brazilian playwright Augusto Boal.
Theatre of the Oppressed
The perspective stage directions are written from.
The primary, ultimate goal a character is trying to achieve.
Super Objective
Define an aside in theatre.
When a character in a story turns to the audience to make an observation the other characters can't hear.
This man coined many techniques we still use today, such as Magic If and Given Cicrumstances
Stanislavski
This Commedia character is known for his exceptional greed, highest status in the social order, hunched back, and red clothing.
Pantalone
The shape of a periaktoi.
Trianglular
Every time Jenny seems to get the chance to ask Brad to the dance, her best friend, Penny, interrupts her by talking about her last class.
What is Jenny's obstacle in this scenario?
Who was Thespis?
An Ancient Greek poet who, according to Aristotle, was the first person to ever appear on stage as an actual character in Greek drama.
The date Eugene O'Neill was born.
October 16, 1888
This theatre form discussed social and political issues, and was set around multiple episodic scenes.
Expressionism
A crane used in Greek theatre, made of wooden beams and pulley systems.
Mechane
The difference between a monologue and a soliloquy.
Soliloquy: One character voicing their thoughts to themself
Monologue: One character voicing their thoughts to other characters
Melodrama
He developed the "psycho-physcial approach"
Michael Chekhov
What is special about the plot structure of Theatre of the Absurd plays?
Circular plot
Name three things that can be suspended on a batten.
Lighting fixtures, theatrical scenery, and stage curtains
What is Tom's conflict in The Glass Menagerie?
His mother's world and his clash, and Amanda dissaproves of the things he finds important such as his poems.
Name the three principal kinds of vernacular drama of the Middle Ages. (Hint: They all begin with the same letter)
Mystery, Morality, and Miracle plays
Name at least five plays from August Wilson's Century Cycle.
Any five: Jitney, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Fences, Joe Turner's Come and Gone, The Piano Lesson, Two Trains Running, Seven Guitars, King Hedley II, Gem of the Ocean, Radio Golf
Difference between Greek and Roman theatre:
One architectural difference
Two theatrical differences
AD: Greek theatres were hill-dependent, Romans had no hills, so blocks were used to raise seats.
TD: Women performed in Roman plays, Greeks thought they were "too dangerous" for women. Masks were used in Greek plays, Romans used a little makeup.
Name three types of stages, and the differences in their audience placement.
Proscenium (Audience only in front), Thrust (Audience on three sides), Arena (Audience on all four sides)
Name all 9 of Uta Hagen's questions.
Who Am I? What Time Is It? Where Am I? What Surrounds Me? What Are The Given Circumstances? What Is My Relationship? What Do I Want? What Is In My Way? What Do I Do To Get What I Want?
How did Plautus and Terence's styles of comedies differ?
Plautus' plays were lively and slapstick, yet controversial. Terence's were simple and direct, while less humorous to watch.