Futurism and Dada-ism
Surrealism
Expressionism
Constructivism
Naturalism and Symbolism
100
This is a common science fiction element in futurist plays used to work toward a Utopian society.
What are machines?
100
This playwright popularized Surrealism and believed that chance, spontaneity, and the unconscious could reveal aesthetic truth.
Who is Andre Breton?
100
Expressionism is a combination of these two genres of avant-garde.
What are naturalism and symbolism?
100
Constructivism was developed by Vsevold Meyerhold in this country.
What is Russia?
100
This French playwright founded the avant-garde theatre movement known as Naturalism.
Who is Emile Zola?
200
Dadaist plays embrace these elements.
What is absurdity and anarchy?
200
Antonia Artaud wrote this manifesto in praise of surrealism in 1938.
What is "The Theatre and Its Double?"
200
August Strindburg wrote this expressionist play.
What is The Ghost Sonata or A Dream Play?
200
Actors were taught gestures and movements by this training program.
What is biomechanics?
200
Naturalist plays were influenced by this commonly accepted scientific theory.
What is Darwin's Theory of Evolution?
300
This man wrote the manifesto, "The Founding and Manifesto of Futurism" in Italy in 1909 damning the art of the past and calling for forms that exalted future technology?
Who is F.T. Marinetti?
300
Antonia Artaud proposed this type of theatre to evoke extreme emotions from an audience.
What is the "Theatre of Cruelty?"
300
Expressionist plays expressed the emotions of characters in horrible lives beyond their control with these set designs.
What is grotesque scenery?
300
Vsevolod Meyerhold took futurism a step farther by using these as a part of the set.
What are machines?
300
Symbolism plays worked to reveal this reality through evoking a "mood of mystery."
What are "spiritual realities?"
400
Actors were instructed by Alfred Jarry to act like these objects during his plays.
What are marionettes?
400
Antonia Autaud advocated doing away with this kind of theatre.
What is script based theatre?
400
The term "expressionism" was first used by this person.
Who is Francois Delsartre?
400
Constructivism ended this country's success in the avant-garde between 1905 and 1940.
What is Russia?
400
This Naturalist play was written by Henrik Ibsen.
What is "A Doll's House?"
500
This satirical dadaist play was written by Alfred Jarry in 1896.
What is Ubu Roi?
500
Andre Breton wrote his manifesto aligning him to surrealism in this year.
What is 1924?
500
Expressionism flourished in this country.
What is Germany?
500
Vsevolod Meyerhold used these techniques as inspiration.
What are filmic techniques?
500
In 1893, Theatre de l'Oeuvre was established in this city for those who preferred Symbolism to Naturalism.
What is Paris?