Genres
This person is considered the "Father of Realism".
Who was Henrik Ibsen?
This person is believed to be the first published African-American playwright.
Who was William Wells Brown?
This abolitionist, who wrote in the Problem Play genre, is one of the first African-American women to have a play publicly performed.
Who was Angelina Weld Grimké?
This was one of the first plays to delve into a character's psychology and mental state.
What is Woyzeck?
This genre attempts to create the illusion of real life onstage.
What is Realism?
This person is considered the "Father of Modern Acting".
Who was Stanislavski?
This person is the "father of the well-made play".
This woman was known as "the most assassinated woman in the world".
Who was Paula Maxa?
This play comments on the degrading state of the nobility and showcases a female protagonist.
What is Miss Julie?
These were people hired to applaud and make other noises/actions in the audience of a theatrical performance.
Who were Claquers?
These are considered the three unities in theatre.
What are time, place, and action?
This person wrote the first professionally-produced "American" comedy.
Who was Royall Tyler?
This character ultimately walks away from her family.
Who was Nora Helmer?
This play features the "door slam heard 'round the world".
What is A Doll's House?
What play involves a startling amount of excrement?
What is Ubu Roi?
This theatrical genre originated in France and was quite graphic in its gruesome nature and content.
What was Grand Guignol?
This person wrote plays that chronicled the decay of the Russian aristocracy.
Who was Anton Chekhov?
This character holds stricter standards for her dog than for herself.
Who is Miss Julie?
This play, read on the abolition circuit, is autobiographical in nature.
What is The Escape; or, a Leap for Freedom?
This person owned Le Chat Noir.
Who was Rodolphe Salis?
This genre attempts to recreate real life onstage.
What is Naturalism?
This person died before his most well-known play was actually finished- or decipherable.
Who was Georg Buchner?
Who was Lillian Hellman?
What is The Octoroon?
This design technique that represents three-dimensional space on a flat surface, creating an illusion of reality and an impression of distance.
What is perspective?