THAR 281 1st Edition Lecture 13 Outline of Last Lecture American Theatre American Theatre a Show Boat b OKLAHOMA NON Commercial Theatre a Provincetown Playhouse b Eugene O Neil c Robert Edmund Jones WPA Works Progress Administration The Group Theatre African American Theatre a Porgy and Bess American Postwar Playwrights post WWII a Arthur Miller b Tennessee Williams I II III IV V VI Outline of Current Lecture Test Review Reactions against Realism Epic Theatre Classical American Theatre Current Lecture Reactions against Realism the characteristics of symbolist drama depict the inner light Express the inexpressible suggestive no plot action lyric drama Ceremonial evocative uses poetry uses music These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute uses metaphors List the characteristics of his theatrical experiments action in the audience left houselights on actors in the audience What is an etude Shooting a bow a series of poses or actions put together Several dif physical movements create one etude What purpose does a constructivist setting serve Creates shape without substance makes the actors and set become one large machine one giant apparatus Epic Theatre Erwin Piscator Heightened theatricality First person who relates the idea of epic theatre he started it Gave us proletarian drama and started using multimedia in live performances his techniques o projection o film o marionettes o cartoon o treadmills Proletarian drama o Political drama meant to bring about social change Episodic form Dramatizes current events drama for the people Brechtian techniques used in the National Theatre s production of Mother Courage Left some of the back stage lights on Stage crew were part of the play and dressed in normal street clothes Sound effects done by man on stage Classic American Theatre Which two musicals are considered to be landmarks in the movement away from musical comedies to the integrated musical Showboat Oklahoma Group Theatre Independent theatre goal was to produce socially revalent drama 1st theatre in America to start teaching stanslvoski First African American theatre Porgy and Bess