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Through his Theatre Libre, established the basic principles of naturalism.
Who is Emile Zola?
100
The most popular play of the 19th century?
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
100
Is considered the birthplace of the Off-Off-Broadway movement.
What is Caffe Cino?
100
Inspired by the avant-garde groups of Europe, this movement saw the rise of small, non-commercial theatres around the U.S.
What is the Little Theatre movement?
100
Was a struggle between actors Edwin Forrest and Charles Macready that masked larger nationalistic struggles between England and the U.S.
What is the Astor Place Riot?
200
Directed Chekhov's plays at the Moscow Art Theatre.
Who is Constantin Stanislavski?
200
Staged a lot of Freudian psychoanalysis that was popular at the time.
What is Desire Under the Elms?
200
Favored violence and a synthetic theatre.
What is Futurism?
200
Relied on stock characters, clear moral lines, tableaux, and exciting action.
What is melodrama?
200
Important developments of the 19th century.
What is Marxism, Industrial Revolution, Imperialism, Darwinism?
300
Produced a good deal of the popular mega-musicals in the last half of the 20th century.
Who is Cameron Mackintosh?
300
Is noted for its heavy use of symbolism, gothic imagery, and poetic style.
What is A Streetcar Named Desire?
300
The original creative home to Eugene O'Neill.
What is the Provincetown Players?
300
Borrows the form of a well-made play, but shifts the focus to a social issue or concern.
What is problem play?
300
Is noted for its of pastiche and juxtaposition of different ideas.
What is postmodernism?
400
Developed the idea of Theatre of Cruelty?
Who is Antonin Artaud?
400
A feminist piece that displays the struggle as being as much between women as between man and woman.
What is Top Girls?
400
Literally means nonsense.
What is Dada?
400
Was a term borrowed from the military that literally meant front line.
What is avant-garde?
400
Brecht's strategy of making the audience adopt a critical attitude towards what is being seen onstage.
What is the alienation effect?
500
Considered the first black playwright.
Who is William Wells Brown?
500
Staged an existential conflict about the nature of existence and our purpose in life.
What is Waiting for Godot?
500
Their flamboyant style of camp and drag would go on to influence such shows as Rocky Horror and Hedwig and the Angry Inch.
What is the Theatre of the Ridiculous?
500
Was a response to changing conditions in the world.
What is modernism?
500
Stage pieces that were social issues literally taken directly from the news.
What is Living Newspapers?