Melodrama
This is what the word Melodrama literally means.
What is Song Drama or Music Drama?
This person is thought of as the father of realism.
Who is Henrik Ibsen?
Antirealism began as a reaction to this type of theatre?
What is realism?
This style of theatre features acting that uses big gestures to show emotions.
What is Melodrama?
This is the year that the first successful human heart transplant occurred.
what is 1967?
Heroes and Villains are examples of this type of character used in melodrama.
What is a stock character?
Realism tried to highlight these in society.
What are social issues?
This is the literal meaning of absurd.
What is out of harmony?
This acting teacher focused on connecting with a scene partner.
Who is Sanford Meisner?
This is the year that Mozart's first Opera was performed.
What is 1767?
These two forces are fighting against one another in every melodrama.
What is good and evil?
This was the controversial technique that was part of the System.
What is emotional recall?
This was an early style of antirealism, before absurdism or surrealism.
What is Symbolism?
This acting teacher taught "method" acting in New York and Los Angeles.
Who is Lee Strasburg?
This is the year that Julius Caesar married Pompeia.
what is 67 BCE?
Being "melodramatic" usually means that someone is acting this way, which refers to the style of traditional melodrama actors.
What is over the top or over dramatic?
This was the theatre that brought Stanislavski's ideas to America.
What is the Group Theatre?
Surrealism tried to unlock this part of the mind.
What is The Subconscious?
This acting teacher taught that action had to come first before emotion.
Who is Stella Adler?
What is 1867?
Melodrama has many modern descendants such as this type of show, which is similar to domestic Melodramas.
What is a Soap Opera?
Many realists faced this because their plays were thought to be too dark and critical of society.
What is censorship?
In absurdism, characters often lack this, because they are out of harmony with their world.
What is motivation?
This Russian director came up with a "System" for acting realistically and creating a character's inner life
Who is Constantin Stanislavsky?
This is the year that the famous French play Tartuffe was banned for obscenity.
What is 1667