Show:
Canary in a Coal Mine
Something is Rotten in the State of Norway
Ivanna Maikejamski
Is This Real Life?!
Thank You for Smoking
100
Where does Jean and Miss Julie hide to avoid getting caught seen together by the serveants?
Jean's room
100
Ibsen is widely regarded as the founder of what style?
Social Realism
100
What medical condition did Chekhov live with?
Tuberculosis
100
What form of theatre are Pirandello's works considered to be the start of?
Metatheatre
100
According to Brecht, what was the primary purpose of theatre?
To educate audiences and to promote social or political change.
200
What are we to assume Ms. Julie does at the end of the play? (Be specific)
She kills herself with a razor blade.
200
Ibsen's realist cycle rebuked what form of theatre in the late Victorian Age?
Well Made Plays
200
What issue Did Anton Chekhov have with Constantine Stanislavsky?
His issue is Stanislavsky's tendency to over play and underscore his writing.
200
What play was the cast working on at the beginning of Six Characters in Search of an Author?
The Rules of the Game
200
DAILY DOUBLE! Name one technique that Brecht used to "alienate" his audience.
Exposed light fixtures, Used simple and non-realistic scenery, Had actors speak directly to audiences, Had actors comment on the action rather than have them stay in character the whole time, Used a narrator who interrupted the play, Used music which commented on the play's lesson.
300
What did Jean find to be peculiar behavior from Ms. Julie at the barn dance?
She danced with the gamekeeper and tried to waltz with Jean.
300
DAILY DOUBLE! Name some common themes in Ibsen's work.
The Roles of Women, Money and Control of Money, Keeping up appearances: traditional values and morality.
300
The Cherry Orchard was inspired by what event in Chekhov's personal life?
When his father's business failed and his family had to sell off household goods.
300
What form of Literary writing did Pirandello use in his work?
Metaphorical
300
To what country did Brecht flee during World War II?
Sweden