THAR 281 1st Edition Lecture 19 Outline of Last Lecture I American Drama Continued a Federal Theater Project b The Cradle Will Rock II American Musical Continued a Porgy and Bess b Pal Joey III Expressionism IV Futurism and Drama V Surrealism VI Bertolt Brecht VII Epic Theater Outline of Current Lecture I Luigi Pirandello II Lorca III Artaud IV Theater of Cruelty V Noel Coward Current Lecture I Luigi Pirandello a Playwright and novelist b Awarded Noble Prize in literature 1934 Six Characters in Search of an Author c Very politically conservative right leaning d Works are heavily influential in the absurdist movement e Famous Works Six Characters in Search of an Author II Lorca a Playwright poet and director Spanish b Strong sense of lyricism in plays poetic i Bold beautiful imagery c Pre cursor in style to magical realism d e f g III IV V Works critique Spanish society and government Spanish Civil War happening during this time period He was anti fascist assassinated day before the civil war Famous Works Blood Wedding The House of Bernarda Alba Artaud a Playwright theorist director French b Influenced by surrealism and Asian theatrical forms c Experimented to understand reality in any way he could d Mentally unstable e Famous for his theory The Theater of Cruelty The Theater of Cruelty a Outlined in Artaud s book The Theater and It s Double b Argued theater should return to non textual ritualistic origins c Argued for resurrection of the theatrical event d Wanted to alter material being performed e Questioned purpose of theater f Use of the term cruelty is used to abrasively shatter the audience s false reality Noel Coward a Playwright composer director and performer British b Career is over 4 decades long c Not political at all unlike others d Both plays and life were witty affairs elegant in nature e Famous Works Blithe Spirit Hay Fever Private Lives
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