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burlesque
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formerly parody; later a serious form of satire
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comic premise
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idea in a comedy that turns accepted notion of things upside down
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comedy of manners
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form of comic drama (17th century France and English Restoration) emphasizing a cultivated or sophisticated atmosphere and witty dialogue
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domestic or bourgeois drama
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drama dealing with family problems, particularly that of middle and lower class characters
there are both serious and comic dramas |
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farce
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dramatic genre in comedy; plot complications and few/no intellectual pretensions
type of farce: slapstick |
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heroic drama
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serious, optimistic drama in verse or elevated prose, with noble or heroic characters in extreme situations or unusual adventures
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melodrama
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dramatic form popularized in 19th century; emphasized action, spectacular effects, music. had stock characters and clearly defined villains and heroes
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satire
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use wit, irony, exaggeration to attack and expose folly and vice
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slapstick
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type of comedy relying on ridiculous physical activity (even violent in nature)
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theatre of absurd
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expressing dramatist's sense of absurdity or futility of existence ( a little nihilistic?)
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tragicomedy
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Renaissance: play with tragic themes and happy ending
modern: a play with both elements integrated |
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realism
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Ibsen, Strindberg, Chekhov
to mirror observable reality in the outside world |
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constructivism
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post wwi scene design movment where sets were nonrealistic, provide more more physical action
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departure from realism
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to overcome perceived limitations of realistic theatre, modern theatre tries to pursure this via non-realistic or antirealistic presentations. often uses symbolism, non-linear narrative, dream imagery
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eclecticism
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combines many popular trends
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epic theatre
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episodic drama associated with Brecht, aimed at the intellect rather than the emotions
very epic |
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environmental theatre
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stage space and audience organization is transformed in order to blur distinctions between performers and spectators
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existentialism
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philosophy, modern advocate Jean-Paul Sartre...that there are no longer any fixed standards or values ....that it begins with the human subject
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expressionism
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Germany, WWI, dramatize subjective states through distortion, grotesque images, lyric, unrealistic dialogue
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futurism
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art movement, Italy 1909, idealized mechanization and machinery
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happening
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nonliterary, unscripted theatrical event using scenario allows for chance occurences
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naturalism
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type of realism
"slice of life" |
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theatricalism
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make audience aware that they are watching theatre
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biomechanics
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Meyerhold's theory that performer's body should be machinelike, emotion can be represented externally
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Beijing opera
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lots of makeup, Chinese, colorful costumes
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book
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spoken part of the play
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happening
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nonliterary / unscripted theater allowing for chance ocurrences
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Kathakali
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traditional dance drama of India
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multimedia
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self-explanatory
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poor theatre
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Jerzy Grotowski, bare essentials of actor and audience
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symbolism
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express inner truth
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surrealism
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present the working subconscious
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theater of cruelty
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Antonin Artaud's magical and ritualistic theater. based on liberating deep, violent, erotic impulses
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unit set
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single setting, can represent a variety of locales with simple additions and deletions
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Chekhov
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realism, tragicomedy
The Sea Gull, revived by the Moscow Art Theatre action was seen as subtle, modulated, true to life |
