Name the "ism"
Playwrights
Terms
Misc
100

In this ism the dialogue is modeled after everyday speech, and tries to show people as they really are.

Realism

100

Wrote about the "lazy chaos of lives"

Anton Chekhov

100

a more extreme version of realism 

naturalism 

100

Smaller wave of Off-Broadway

What is Off-Off-Broadway

200

one of the first isms to be used in the rebellion against realism and naturalism. 

Symbolism

200

German playwright and director who responded to the devastation of World War I and it's causes

Bertolt Brecht

200

What was Broadway nicknamed in 1885

What is "The great white way"

200

these sets are a true to life interior containing a room with the 4th wall removed.  

Box sets

300

this ism exposed the squalid living conditions of the urban poor, and explored topics such as poverty venereal disease, and prostitution.

naturalism 

300

Argued that the prime functions of playwrights is to expose the social and evil morals of their time

George Bernard Shaw

300

What type of theatres used giant puppets and actors

What Is Bread and puppet theatres

300

A term for the early photograph 

Daguerreotype 

400

in this ism the artist imposes his own internal state onto the outside world.

expressionism 

400

What playwright is famous for comic plays

Who is Oscar Wilde

400

What movement started in the late 1950s in small theatres in Manhattan 

What is Off Broadway

400

___ Plays were based on the idea that before a problem can be solved, Society must first understand the problem Exists 

What Is Problem Plays

500

followers of this ism tried to reveal the higher reality of the unconscious mind with fantastic

surrealism 

500

What playwright was known for his life like set designs

Who is Louis Daguerre

500

What word is used to describe any artist or work of art that is experimental, innovative, or unconventional

What is Avant Garde

500

Karl marx inspired playwrights to write stories spotlighting ___

What is Human Oppression