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15 Cards in this Set
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Antonin Artaud
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Director who believed that physical communication is more important than verbal
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Eugene O'Neill
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Playwright who reformed the American Theater
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Socialism
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Expressionism supported this political movement
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Bertotl Brecht
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"Theater is meant to instruct"
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Princetown Playhouse
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1st theater company to produce O'Neill works
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Stella Adler
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Founder of The Group Theater. Director and Stanislavski acting technique
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Epic Theater
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Piscator and Brecht were founders of this movement
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Expressionism Art
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Representation of reality is distorted to communicate feelings
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Surrealism
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Emphasis on the subconscious
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Leopold Jessner
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German Expressionistic director that used costumes and lighting to reflect emotions
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Dada Art
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"Almost anything could be art" / This means: bizarre, irrational
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Piscator
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Director who believed Epic Theater to be "Proletarian Theater"
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Expressionistic Drama
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Drama seen through the protagonist
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Futuristic Drama
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Emphasis on the sensory
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Theater of Cruelty
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Drama where audiences should be confronted/antagonized
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