19th Century Ideas
Age of Modern Theatre?
What is 1875 to Present
White performers made up in burnt cork makeup in obscene and grotesque caricatures of African Americans?
What are Minstrel Shows
Romanticism, Melodrama, Well-made play.
Three forms of drama that developed in the 19th Century
Time period where theatre mirrored the unrest brought on by World Wars?
What is 20th Century
A movement that began in France in 19th century and seen as a “slice of life”
What is Naturalism
Influential Thinkers and philosophers of the 19th century.?
Who are Karl Marx and Charles Darwin
First modern director?
Who is Duke of Saxe-Meiningen Georg II
Leading African American Actor who left the US for Europe?
Who is Ira Aldridge
Dramatic form that argues that the sub-conscious is the highest plane of reality and attempted to create its working dramatically. Many plays are set in a dream world, mixing recognizable events with fantastic happenings. Used symbols, subconscious, and dreams?
What is Surrealism
Dramatic form that was in direct opposition to realism. The drama had almost no plot action. It was static, indirect, evocative, and often ceremonial with an element of mysticism?
What is Symbolism
The belief in the superiority of your own nation?
What is Nationalism
Playwright that developed realistic characters such as Nora in “Doll’s House” and the founder of modern realism?
Who is Henrik Ibsen
Flats hinged together to represent a room?
What is a Box Set
Theatrical artist that believed that Western drama needed to be totally reformed, arguing that its literary traditions were antithetical to its (drama’s) ritualistic origins. Believed that man’s violent nature could be purged in the theatre?
What is Antoine Artaud and the Theatre of Cruelty
This dramatic form reflects the inner feelings, and the dramatic action is seen through the protagonist in an almost dreamlike and distorted manner?
What is Expressionism
The replacement of hand tools and human power by machine?
What is the Industrial Revolution
Actor known for his “pause” to give the illusion he was “thinking”?
Who is Charles Macready
The Avant-garde movement of the 1960’s can be traced this director and his use of bio-mechanics?
Who is Vesevelod Meyerhold
This theatrical movement was created by playwright Bertolt Brecht. The goal is to instruct, and plays are episodic, spreading over long periods of time and lands?
What is Epic Theatre
This dramatic form ridicules the artistic forms of the past and challenges the artist to create new forms. They advocate for a synthetic theatre with seemingly illogical pieces. They sometimes antagonize and confront the audience and argue against the separation of the audience and the performer. New, electronic medium is featured?
What is Futurism
Popular entertainment of the 19th century?
What are Circus, Variety Shows, Minstrel Shows and Burlesque
Leading Actress who demanded her wage in gold?
Who is Sarah Bernhardt
Famous Existentialist play where three people are trapped in a room and each love another (a living hell) by Sarte?
What is No Exit
This type of theatre combined existential philosophy and the avant-garde dramatic movement. Much of what happens in life cannot be explained and is seen as being ridiculous?
What is Theatre of the Absurd
Similar to futurism and never really caught on as a theatrical movement, they concentrated on the irrational and questioned definitions of art, suggesting that almost anything could be art. Inspired by the insanity of World war and the madness of the world?
What is Dadaism