THAR 281 1st Edition Lecture 10Outline of Last LectureI. Operettaa. Gilbert and SulivanII. Oscar WildeIII. George ShawIV. Noel Cowarda. Blithe SpiritV. Emerging American Theatrea. Minstrel showsb. Burlesquec. VaudevilleOutline of Current Lecture I. Eugene O’NeilII. Thorton WilderIII. Famous playwrightsIV. Little Theatresa. Provincetown Playersb. Washington Square PlayhouseThese 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.c. The group theatreV. Federal Theatre Projecta. Living Newspapersb. Negro Theatre ProjectVI. The Cradle will RockCurrent Lecture – Emerging American DramaI. Eugene O’Neil spent much of his life traveling with his parents while his father performed in plays. His father’s name was James O’Neil and he is most famous for Countupon Crystal. Eugene’s mother was a drug addict. Eugene was kicked out of Princeton because he was partying and became a sailor. He was always very depressed and had thoughts of suicide. Eugene is one of the three great playwrights, along with Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams. Eugene created the O’Neil Theatre. He experimented with many different kinds of forms, but many had Greek elements such as tragedy and climatic plots. His famous works are A moon for the misbegotten, The Ice Man Cometh, and Long Days Journey into Night. Long days was written right before Eugene passed away. He gave it to his wife and told her to not publish it for 25 years. However, she published it 12 years later. II. Thorton Wilder wrote Our Town. Some themes in our town are universality and richnessof life, Americana (things that evoke American ways), and nostalgia (look back on simpler time).III. Some other famous playwrights of this time was:a. Lilian Helman – The Children’s hour, Little Foxesb. Clifford Odets – He was very gutsy and used Stanislavski’s method. His works were often called street poetry. Awake and Sing, Waiting for lefty, and Golden Boyc. Kaufman and Hart – He wrote classic American comedies that were family friendly. You Can’t Take it with You, The Man Who Came to DinnerIV. Little Theatres was similar to Europeans independent movement. These theatres pushed boundaries and created new playwrights. Some say these theatres inspired the Broadway movement but there is not a direct connection. a. Provincetown players were rejected by the Washington Square Players. They created social events and read O’Neil’s works. Right before they opened up their own theatre, the building caught on fire, so they moved to NY. Provincetown players created selective realism. This was a small amount of props used on astage to set a scene. The audience has to use their imagination to create the rest of the scene. b. Washington Square Playhouse’s purpose was to showcase emerging playwrights.They eventually evolved into the Theatre Guild, creating an acting company based on Stanislavski’s method. c. The group theatre was a noncommercial or was it a little theater. Group theatres were in between. Their main goal was to introduce Stanislavski’s works. The group theatre was fairly politically aligned and sympathetic to communists. Four major influential theater people came from here, including, Herald Clureman, Lee Strasberg, Stella Adler, and Sherald Crawford. i. Lee Stasburg founded actor studio. He leaves the group theater over an acting dispute and went off and created his own. Marilyn Monroe studiedwith him.ii. Stella Adler studied with Stanislavski. She founded the Stella Adler studio.Many great people have studied here. V. Federal Theatre Project was provided with government subsidies to all of the theatre people that worked there. a. Living Newspapers dramatized actual events going on. These didn’t last long because they were critical of government and sympathetic to communists. b. Negro Theatre Project was all black people. They used patient telling story devices. Orson Welles was their director. The most famous was A Voodoo McGee.VI. The Cradle will Rock was about a steel town USA attempting to unionize by Marc