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51 Cards in this Set
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Ye Bar & ye Bar Cub
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First play in colonial america
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Andre Antione
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Founder of the Theatre Libre and the Indpendent Theatre movement that led to the little theatre movement in the America his writings became the blueprint for 20th century.
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Washington Square Players
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NY theatre theatrical production company- 1914/15
presented plays ina little bandbox theatre and progressed into puttin on full length plays |
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Hallie Flanagan
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Producer, director, playwright author and the director of the Federal Theatre project (that boosted & funded theatatrics during the great depression
began to see theatre in education |
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Tyrone Guthrie
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established two theatres Guthrie in Minneapolis, One in Stratford Ontario, goal was to make theatre eccessable to the masses, introduced thrust staging.
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August Strindberg
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Swedish Playwright
One of the fathers of modern theatre. Worked in both movements of Naturalism (Miss Julie) and Expressionism |
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Syndicate
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a group of men that controlled the theatrical world, by monolopoly, lock up key stars and performers so that you have to book through their agency to get the most famous stars for your show. Sara Burnheart bucked this trend
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Edward Gordon Craig
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English modernist, actor producer, director, scenic designer. wrote boooks about theatre, tall scenes and lighting set
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Charolette Cushman
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one of the greatest actresses of her day 1836 debut
crossgender roles |
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George Pierce Baker-
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created theatre collection at Harvard Library. began Harvard dramatic club
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Andre Breton
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French writer
Published surrealism Manifesto where he defined surrealism |
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Paul Robeson
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One of most famous Actors of the time was , spoke 15 languages, was actor after he couldn’t get a helper for a law firm cause he was African American
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Lewis Hallam Jr.
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One of the pioneers of Theatre in america
worked for fathers company became the star/lead |
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David Belasco
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bishop of broadway because he dressed in black, wrote tigerrose, also a stage manager
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Alfred Jarry
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French Writer
Ubu Roi -forerunner to the surrealist theatre of th 1920s and 30s |
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Constantin Stanislavski
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contributer to modern realistic acting
techniques of acting System of acting- bases on artistic truth and realism co-founder of the moscow art theatre |
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Gesamtkunstwerk
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universal artwork, synthesis of the arts, comprehensive artwork, all-embracing art form, total work of art, or total artwork
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Jacques Copeau
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founder of the Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier
Influenced training of the actor |
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Ballad opera
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English 18th century beggars opera
the precusor to 3-penny- similar satircal things |
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Boulevard Theatre
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Show theatre based on aesthetics
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Skene Par Anglo
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multi-point perspective of set
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Meyerhold
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Bio mechanics
man as machine Formula= Actor= artist with idea + Executant believe in grotesque reflection of human condition |
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Vakthangov
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Magic realism-
-for every inner emotion there is an external action -don't ask company to do something you won't do melded meyerhold & stanislovski |
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Eugene O'neill
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wrote every form of drama
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Oliver Goldsmith
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supported "laughing comedy" forced people to laugh at their own eccerimities
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Stram and Drang
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"Storm and stress" admired works of Shakespear and based plays his episodic structure
rebelled again neoclassical ideas |
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Burletta
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plays with 5 or more songs per act
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Licensing act of 1737
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restricted plays to 2 theatres, Drury Lane & Covent Garden
(lord chamberlain responsible for licensing) |
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Loutherberg
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introduced local locations
abandoned stock scenery had specific locations began to use color and light |
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box set
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closes entire stage in like a box audience looks through the 4th wall
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comedie larmoyante
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tearful comedy
french playwrite ex innocent woman attains own moral coogness & gets saved |
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Burlesques
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full length lavish extravaganzia comedy w/sex appeal
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royall tyler
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wrote the contrast
patriotic play |
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steele mackaye
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primarily know for introducing delsarte methods
responsible for elevator stage. |
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edwin booth
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actor know for his realistic appraoach to role
most know forn his role of hamlet and other tragic hero's. |
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Ira Aldridge
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black actor in the first black theatre company, well educated, kentucky
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Eugene Scribe
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creat well made play formula- cliffhanger at the end of each act
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American Group Theater
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Introduces stanistlavsky metho of acting very left wing developed
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Moving Panarama
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Paintings on large cloth
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Noble Savage
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primitive culture- ignornant who was represented in early american plays
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stage yankee
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stock character, early american stage naive and willing.
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Sentimental comedy
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based on middle class values
comedy of manners |
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August Strindberg
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theorist thought plays should be done as if in a dream
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Carolina Nueber
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Carolina Neuber- enlightenment
- German wanted to raise social status of actors -sucessful in breeches roles -demanded regular rehearsal -made actors be able to read -supervised public behavoir of performers |
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Goethe
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Germany-introduced rule for actors
condsidered one of the father of modern directing concerned with audience seeing theatre-not an actor storm and stress playwright leader in the enlightenment era |
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Garrick
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England-1st director
more natural style of acting insisted on rehearsal + wanted actors to be on time threw spectators off the stage wanted realistic setting |
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Characteristics of Romantic drama
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Rejects neoclassical rules
more interested in creating mood and atmosphere rather than in developing plot -contained romantic heroes, social outcasts who quested for truth, justice knowledge and truth (stage yankee Noble savage) -Many copied Shakepeare, plays become episodic and epic. |
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expressionism
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sought to create ideal world
-find refuge from insanity of the real world -attack the real world through satire & sarcasm -Expression of personal perspective of inner emotional state & comment on the outside world -project and reveal the inner feeling and & experiences of character -Journey of the protagonist soul through a series of unrelated events -events selected for theatricality not logica -freud was a major influence -Dramatic trust is the truth is the truth of hero -characters, distorted emotionally driven, lack of individuality |
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dadaism
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Nothing ness
-rejects all aesthic -nonsenical |
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Symbolism
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to dramtize, vague or chaotic visions and dreams
-plays are metaphors -exaggerated movement -symbols suggest reality |
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Futurism
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lack or theatre
machine age was a factor multimeadia confrontational works Meyerhold-constructivism-actor is a cog in a machine |
