In this ism the dialogue is modeled after everyday speech, and tries to show people as they really are.
Realism
Wrote about the "lazy chaos of lives"
Anton Chekhov
a more extreme version of realism
naturalism
Smaller wave of Off-Broadway
What is Off-Off-Broadway
one of the first isms to be used in the rebellion against realism and naturalism.
Symbolism
German playwright and director who responded to the devastation of World War I and it's causes
Bertolt Brecht
What was Broadway nicknamed in 1885
What is "The great white way"
these sets are a true to life interior containing a room with the 4th wall removed.
Box sets
this ism exposed the squalid living conditions of the urban poor, and explored topics such as poverty venereal disease, and prostitution.
naturalism
Argued that the prime functions of playwrights is to expose the social and evil morals of their time
George Bernard Shaw
What type of theatres used giant puppets and actors
What Is Bread and puppet theatres
A term for the early photograph
Daguerreotype
in this ism the artist imposes his own internal state onto the outside world.
expressionism
What playwright is famous for comic plays
Who is Oscar Wilde
What movement started in the late 1950s in small theatres in Manhattan
What is Off Broadway
___ Plays were based on the idea that before a problem can be solved, Society must first understand the problem Exists
What Is Problem Plays
followers of this ism tried to reveal the higher reality of the unconscious mind with fantastic
surrealism
What playwright was known for his life like set designs
Who is Louis Daguerre
What word is used to describe any artist or work of art that is experimental, innovative, or unconventional
What is Avant Garde
Karl marx inspired playwrights to write stories spotlighting ___
What is Human Oppression