Theatre/Performance of the 1700s
These actresses were bitter rivals who worked at the same theatre company. One relied on natural talent and improvisation, whereas the other prepared meticulously for their roles and adopted a natural speaking style.
Who are Marie Dumensil and Clairon?
This form of drama rejected neoclassical rules, employed an episodic structure, aimed to create mood and atmosphere, included supernatural elements, and often featured a misunderstood hero who was a social outcast.
What is romanticism?
This playwright was once a theatre critic, condemned the stale commercial theatre of his time, wrote long prefaces discussing issues in his plays as well as stage directions, and was known for his humor.
Who is George Bernard Shaw?
This was a German school/movement founded by Walter Gropius, which believed that all arts, including crafts and architecture, should be brought together in a unified fashion
What is the Bauhaus?
These are the four manifestations of noncommercial theatre in the United States.
What are regional theatre, off-Broadway, off-off-Broadway, and alternative regional theatre?
These two men are often considered precursors to modern directors. They demanded a more realistic acting style, implemented more rigorous and extensive rehearsals, and paid closer attention to design elements.
Who are David Garrick and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe?
He is considered one of the first modern directors because he extensively rehearsed with scenery and costumes, had a large repertory of actors, and produced historically accurate and functional settings.
Who is Georg II Duke of Saxe-Meiningen?
This original member of the Moscow Art Theatre was noted for his use of found spaces and constructivist sets, created a system of acting known as biomechanics, and was executed as a political prisoner.
Who is Vsevolod Meyerhold?
The concept of Verfremdungseffekt (or distancing/alien effect), which is a key component of epic theatre, was created by this German theorist/playwright.
Who is Bertolt Brecht?
This Brazilian playwright, director, and theorist is best known for conceptualizing Theatre of the Oppressed, a type of revolutionary and socially conscious theater.
Who is Augusto Boal?
This person was an influential French philosopher, writer, and art critic. He is most known today for creating the Encyclopédie (1772) and for his numerous writings on dramatic theory, where he advocated for more realism in theatre.
Who is Denis Diderot?
This form of drama features a carefully structured cause-and-effect plot, often centering on a secret the audience knows but the characters do not.
What is the well-made-play?
Because producing realistic and naturalistic drama faced legal and commercial barriers, it was often staged by these kinds of companies.
What are independent theatre companies (usually with subscription services)?
This writer is often considered the first significant American playwright. He wrote in various styles, his plays revolved around social issues, and he was the first American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Who is Eugene O'Neill?
This playwright wrote A Raisin in the Sun, which is often considered a landmark play in theatre history for being the first play on Broadway that featured non-stereotypical and nuanced African American characters.
Who is Lorraine Hansberry?
This type of performance is characterized by having no sung dialogue but spoken dialogue alternated with songs set to popular contemporary melodies, characters drawn from the middle and lower classes, and satirical humor poking fun at contemporary issues.
What is a ballad opera?
This was the most violent of the nineteenth-century theatre riots that occurred. The unrest stemmed from a rivalry between the English actor William Charles Macready and the American actor Edwin Forrest. The riot resulted in the deaths of 22 people.
What is the Astor Place Riot?
During his career, this playwright shifted from more realistic drama to symbolism. His works later inspired German expressionism and theatre of the absurd.
Who is August Strindberg?
Although it only lasted for 10 years, this theatre company is often considered the most influential in American history. They helped to popularize method acting.
What is the Group Theatre?
This theatre artist was part of Japan’s shōgekijōoundō, or “little theatre movement”; founded the Company of Toga; cofounded the SITI Company; and developed an actor training method.
Who is Tadashi Suzuki?
These were any three-act play with five or more songs per act. In England, imaginative managers would transform non-musical plays, such as those written by Shakespeare, into these to circumvent The Licensing Act.
What are burlettas?
Richard Wagner’s concept of gesamtkunstwerk is best translated as what?
What is total theatre?
Modern stage design is considered to begin with which these two men? They were known for their symbolic sets and use of structured light.
Who are Adolphe Appia and Edward Gordon Craig?
This movement was considered the successor of the independent theatres that emerged in late nineteenth-century Europe, influencing the off-Broadway movement post-World War II. The Providence Playhouse and the Washington Square Players were two companies associated with the movement.
What is the “Little Theatre” Movement?
This is a type of stylized dance-drama that emerged in Japan during the 1950s and 1960s.
What is Butoh?