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27 Cards in this Set
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Old Price Riots
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These riots took place in London Convent Garden theater after it was remodeled
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Darwin's Theory
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Seemed to question traditional religious beliefs about creation
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Astor Place Riots
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This was the most violent of riots and grew out of rivalry between two stars
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Eugene Scribe
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This individual wrote three of the most famous "well-made plays", including A Glass of Water
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Escapist dramas
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Helped the audience forget about their cares and the drudgery of their lives
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The Well-Made Play
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A play that builds mechanically to its climactic moments and is intended mainly to arouse the audience's interest in these contrived climaxes
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Romanticism
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A philosophical and literay movement that had a significant impact on theater production
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Melodrama
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This means "song drama" or "music drama"
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Minstrel Shows
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Where white performers were made up as caricatured blacks
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Industrial Revolution
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The most important transformation during the early nineteenth century
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Burlesque
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Parodies of serious plays such as Shakespeare's works and popular melodramas
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Marxism
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A reaction against evils perceived in the industrial revolution
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Victor Hugo
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This individual wrote Hernani
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Victorien Sardou
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This individual wrote Let's Get a Divorce
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Richard Wagner
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An opera composer and stage and directing theorist
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Sarah Bernhardt
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She debuted at the Comedie Francaise. Her chief asset was her voice
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William Charles Macready
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A dignified, studious actor who thoroughly researched and rehearsed each role and was a pioneer in stage realism
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Laura Keene
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Distinguished herself as a successful woman in the competitive business of theater management
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Booth's Theater
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Said to have been the first modern theater in New York City
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Ira Aldgridge
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One of the leading Shakespearian actors of the 19th century
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The Keans
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One of the most renowned theatrical families in 19th century England
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Sara Siddons
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The greatest tragic actress England had ever seen
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Moving panorama
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Painted setting on a long cloth which could be unrolled across the stage by turning spools
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Chestnut Street Theater
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The earliest gas lit playhouse in the world
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Edwin Booth
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His reputation as America's finest actor survived for over 100 years
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Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
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He had enormous wealth and refused to open a show until he believed all the elements were completely unified
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Bowery Theater
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Nicknamed "The Slaughterhouse" because it offered sentimental "blood and guts" melodrama
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