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What is realism?
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The first modern movement in theater; everything on stage was supposed to resemble observable everday life
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Where does realisms power lie?
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In its crediblity and the sense of identification it creates
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Who was Henry Ibsen?
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A Norwegian who founded realistic drama
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What plays did Ibsen write?
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A Doll's House, Ghosts, and Hedda Gabler
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What were some of Ibsen's taboos on stage?
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Economic injustice, sexual double standards, unhappy marriages, religious hypocrisy, and venereal disease
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What did Ibsen want to convince his audience of?
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That his stage action represented everyday life
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Who was August Srindberg?
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A Swedish man who [ersonalized and itensified Ibsen's drama
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What were some of the plays that Strindberg wrote?
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The Father and Miss Julie
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What did Strindberg concentrate on in his plays?
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On individuals at war with themselves and each other
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Who took realistic drama closer to naturalism?
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Strindberg
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Who was Anton Chekhov?
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A Russian man who introduced variations to the relaism of Ibsen and Strindberg
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How did Chekhov change realistic theater?
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1. Moved away from melodrama
2. Full cast of 12-14 characters vs. 5-6 3. Mixed tragedy and comedy (tragicomedy) |
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What plays did Chekhov write?
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The Sea Gull, Uncle Vanya, and The Cherry Orchard
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Who were three very important realistic playwrights?
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Ibsen, Strindberg, and Chekhov
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What is naturalism?
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A subdivision of realism, or an extreme for of it
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What is the subject matter of naturalism?
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Shows the dark side of life, "slice of life," subject matter for the lower class, confronts audience with social problems and instigates reform
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Who was the most famous naturalistic playwright?
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Emile Zola
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What was the Theater Libre?
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The Free Theater
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Who, when, and where was Theater Libre founded?
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In Paris in 1887 by Andre Antoine
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What was Freie Buhne?
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Free Stage
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Who, when, and where was Freie Buhne founded?
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In German in 1889 by Otto Brahm
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What is an example of Independent Theater?
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George Bernard Shaw's the Widower's House
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Who founded the Moscow Art Theater?
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Stanislavski
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What are three examples of Indepentdent Theater?
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Theater Libre, Freie Buhne, and the Moscow Art Theater
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What was the Group Theater?
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The most important producing group between the World Wars
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What was the Group Theaterdedicated to doig?
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To producing socially relevant drama and to bringing Stanislavsky to the uS
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Who headed the Federal Theater Project?
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Hallie Falangan Davis
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What were three dpeartures from realism?
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Symbolism, expressionism, and theatricalism
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What was symbolism?
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A movement that sought to express inner truth rather that represent life realistically
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What was theatricalism?
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Exposed the devices of theater to make the audience aware that they are watching a performance
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What is expressionism?
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A movement that occured in Germany around WWI; dealt with highly subjective matterthat was often seen through the eyes of the protanganist
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Who are two important theatrical theorists?
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Atruad and Brecht
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Who was Artaud?
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French man who's big idea was theater of cruelty (baqsed of magic and ritual which would liberate deep, violent, and erotic impulses)
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Who was Brecht?
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A German man who's big idea was epic theater (aimed at the intellect rather than the emotions)
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Who were the Angry Young Men?
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A group of playwrights who dealt with the dissolving British Empire, class conflict, and political disillusionment
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What format did the Angry Yound Men write in?
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Very close to the traditional realistic format
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What was the most famous play written by one of the Angry Young Men?
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Look Back in Anger by Jack Osborne
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When and where did documentary dramas begin?
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In Germany in the 19602
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Who are two important existentialistic playwrights?
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Jena Paul Sarte and Albert Camus
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