Melodrama + Romanticism
What was the genre of Faust
What is Romanticism?
What was the first book of Stanislavski's Trilogy Called?
What is An Actor Prepares?
What everyday objects multiply and overtake the stage in Ionesco's The Chairs?
What are Chairs?
Where the Blood Mixes?
Kevin Loring
What ship struck an Iceberg in the North Atlantic after trying to arrive at New York a day early
What is the Titanic
In Uncle Tom's Cabin, what is the name of the cruel enslaver who beats Tom to death?
Who was Simon Legree?
What was the name of the person that formalized Stanislavski's Method?
Who is Lee Strasberg?
Who Wrote Waiting for Godot?
Who is Samuel Beckett?
What is the biggest commercial theatre company in Canada
Mirvish
What year was the Treaty of Versailles signed?
When is 1919?
In Wozyeck, what is Wozyeck's occupation?
What is a Soldier?
What term did Brecht use for the theatrical technique designed to prevent audiences from emotionally identifying with characters, instead encouraging critical thinking? Bonus points if you get the German word.
What is Verfremdungseffekt / alienation effect?
Which essayist coined the term "Theatre of the Absurd" in his 1961 critical study?
Who was Martin Esslin?
What Toronto-based company, founded in 1979, is one of the oldest queer theatre companies in the world?
What is Buddies in Bad Times?
The Congress of Vienna
In Faust, what wager does Faust make with Mephistopheles. Bonus points for the original German
"Verweile doch, du bist so schön" / "Stay, you are so beautiful"
In A Doll's House, what secret has Nora been hiding from her husband Torvald throughout their marriage?
She forged her father's signature to secure a loan that saved Torvald's life
In Waiting for Godot, what do Vladimir and Estragon contemplate doing with the tree on stage, but never follow through on?
Suicide
On what date was Abraham Lincoln assassinated at Ford's Theatre, what play was being performed, and what specific line in the play did John Wilkes Booth time his shot to coincide with?
April 14, 1865; Our American Cousin; the line "you sockdologizing old man-trap"
Woyzeck was left unfinished at Georg Büchner's death — in what year did he die, and what was the cause?
1837, Typhus.
In Chapter 8 of Stanislavski's Book, what does he believe actors need to fundamentally believe in?
What is Faith?
What are the indigenous groups the University of Toronto has displaced
On June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in Sarajevo. What street was his car on when Gavrilo Princip fired the fatal shots?
Franz Josef Street