Theatre History Ii Test Ii

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GeorgII- duke of saxe-meinigen-

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father of modern director

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ye bar & ye bar cub-

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first play in colonial america

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Walter Murray & Thomas Kean- 1749-

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outlawed drama-ran the quakers

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Hallam Family- Lewis Hallam-

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1752- in Williamsburg went to NY then Philidelphia then Jamacia

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David Douglass-

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Strong advocate in theatre in Jamaica married Mrs. Hallam

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William Dunlap-

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actor/dir/ playwright wrote history of american theatre

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Theatre Nasseau st.-

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established management

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Andrboros-

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1st play written by american colonial by Robert Hunter

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Thomas Godfrey-

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"The prince of Partha" written verse tragedy, first american play written to be performed 1767

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new stage craft movement-

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purpose of scenery to capure the mood and essence and to express the emotion and not scientific

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George Bernard Shaw-

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Best play= Philosophical discussion grow from the action of his characters

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Noble Usher-

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a african american manager who traveled to ky to perform early 1800s

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Symbolists:

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Art had a higher calling, Theme replaced story and plot, play and actor are responsible for evoking audience imagination

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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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Naturalism

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-applies scientific method
-leavaes conclusion to social scientist
-lost theatricalism, sense or performance

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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

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dadaism

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Nothing ness
-rejects all aesthic
-nonsenical

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Surrealism

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reject normal logic and order
Andre Breton-published surrealist manifesto
-aruges new reality via dream state of mind

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Henrik Ibsen-

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wrote a dolls house, founders of modernism, wrote scandolous works of that time

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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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Living Newspaper: action

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for theatrical form presenting factual information on current events to a popular audience, sometimes urged social

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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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David Belasco-

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bishop of broadway because he dressed in black, wrote tigerrose, also a stage manager

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The 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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The Shuberts---

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1915 another group did basically the same thing till the 50s when they lost an anti-trust suit (federal gov. brakes you up).
along with the Great Depression and the federal stimulus dollars

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Federal Theatre Project---

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employed out of theatre work actors, The “Living Newspaper” they would reinact headlines of the day. Hallie Flanagan-Davis was the head of the FTP
Early twentieth century we see theatre coming into education.
Little Theatre Movement introduced new theatre playwrights

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Key Directors in early twentieth century:

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Harley Gramville Barker- lectured at Harvard, simples sets so focused on actors, produced Shakespeare in innovative ways
-Tyrone Guthrie- 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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-Harley Gramville Barker-

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lectured at Harvard, simples sets so focused on actors, produced Shakespeare in innovative ways

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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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Designers of note

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-Josef Svoboda- (fear drives creativity) changed ways we thoguth about design
-Jo Mielziner- Design for Death of a Salesman, moved away from realism and realistic sets, some call it adapted realism. 1 of 3 greatest minds in American theatre history. –The Lark (Joan of ark story)(realismish)
-Eli Kazan- 1 of 3 of the greatest minds in American theatre history
-Ming Cho Lee- worked at University of Texas, was brutal with students designs, noted design teacherd Clurman 1931

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Paul Robsin

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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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* Four factor that contributed to slow dev of american playwrighting

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- lack of international copyright
- central position of actor/star
- little financial reward or fame
- produces & mnger american meant 2nd