THAR 281 1st Edition Lecture 19 Outline of Last Lecture I. American Drama Continueda. Federal Theater Projectb. The Cradle Will RockII. American Musical Continueda. Porgy and Bessb. Pal JoeyIII. ExpressionismIV. Futurism and DramaV. SurrealismVI. Bertolt BrechtVII. Epic TheaterOutline of Current Lecture I. Luigi PirandelloII. LorcaIII. ArtaudIV. Theater of CrueltyV. Noel CowardCurrent LectureI. Luigi Pirandelloa. Playwright and novelistb. 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 movemente. Famous Works: “Six Characters in Search of an Author”II. Lorcaa. Playwright, poet, and director (Spanish)b. Strong sense of lyricism in plays (poetic)i. Bold/beautiful imageryc. Pre-cursor in style to magical realismd. Works critique Spanish society and governmente. Spanish Civil War happening during this time periodf. He was anti-fascist; assassinated day before the civil warg. Famous Works: “Blood Wedding”; “The House of Bernarda Alba” III. Artaud a. Playwright, theorist, director (French)b. Influenced by surrealism and Asian theatrical formsc. Experimented to understand reality in any way he could d. Mentally unstablee. Famous for his theory: The Theater of CrueltyIV. The Theater of Crueltya. Outlined in Artaud’s book “The Theater and It’s Double”b. Argued theater should return to non-textual/ritualistic originsc. Argued for resurrection of the theatrical eventd. Wanted to alter material being performede. Questioned purpose of theaterf. Use of the term cruelty is used to abrasively shatter the audience’s false realityV. Noel Cowarda. Playwright, composer, director, and performer (British)b. Career is over 4 decades longc. Not political at all (unlike others)d. Both plays and life were witty affairs; elegant in naturee. Famous Works: “Blithe Spirit”; “Hay Fever”; “Private
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