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THEA 1000: FINAL EXAM
Henrik Ibsen |
- Norwegian
-1828-1906
-A Doll's House (1879)
-Hedda Gabler (1890) |
August Strindberg |
-Swedish
-1849-1912
-Miss Julie (1888) |
Anton Chekhov |
-Russian
-1860-1904
-The Sea Gull (1896)
-The Cherry Orchard (1990) |
Symbolism |
Movement of the late nineteenth century and early and early twentieth century that sought to express inner truth rather than represent life realistically |
Expressionism |
Movement in Germany at about the time of World War I, characterized by an attempt to dramatize subjective states through distortion; striking, often grotesque images; and lyric, unrealistic dialogue |
Cubism |
Early twentieth that revolutionized European paintings (Pablo Picasso) |
Futurism |
Art movement, begun in Italy about 1909, which idealized mechanization and machinery |
Surrealism |
Departure from realism that attempted to present dramatically the working of the subconscious |
Dadaism |
A European artistic and literary movement (1916-1923) that flouted conventional aesthetic and cultural values by producing works marked by nonsense, travesty, and incongruity |
Realism |
One of the five strands of theatre in the modern era, realism conveys everything onstage to resemble observable, everyday life to promote a strong sense of audience recognition and identification |
Naturalism |
Special form of realism developed in Europe in the late nineteenth century; it was not carefully plotted or constructed but was meant to present a "slice of life" |
Latin American Theatre |
-Artist response to social turmoil
-Influenced by surrealism and expressionism
-Addressed nationalist issues
-Theatre of the Oppressed
-Augusto Boal (1931-2009)
-Rehearsing Revolution
-Young playwrights attempting to develop new forms and styles of theatre |
Tennessee Williams (1911-1983) |
-The Glass Menagerie
-A Streetcar Named Desire
-Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
(Realism) |
Arthur Miller (1915-2005) |
-The Crucible
-Death of a Salesman
-All my Sons
(Realism) |
Selective Realism |
A type of realism that heightens certain details of action, scenery, and dialogue while omitting others |
Edward Albee (1928-) |
-The Zoo Story
-Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
-Three Tall Women |
John Osborne (1929-1994) |
-Look Back in Anger |
Book |
The dialogue and action of a musical (also called the libretto) |
Antecedents of the American Musical |
-W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan
-Operetta
-The Pirates of Penzance (1879) |
Victor Herbert |
-Naughty Marietta (1910) |
George M. Cohan |
-Little Johnny Jones (1904)
-Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway |
Cole Porter |
-Kiss me Kate (1948) - based on Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew |
Leonard Bernstein/ Steven Sondheim/ Arthur Laurents |
-West Side Story - based on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet |
Jerry Bock/ Sheldon Harnick/ Joseph Stein |
-Fiddler on the Roof
-The last great book musical |
Rock Musical |
Hair (1967) |
David Mamet |
-Glengarry Glen Ross, American Buffalo (Contemporary American Playwrights) |
Sam Shepard |
-True West, Fool for Love (Contemporary American Playwrights) |
Tracy Letts |
-August Osage County (Contemporary American Playwrights) |
Lorraine Hansberry |
-A Raisin in the Sun |
August Wilson |
-10-play-cycle-- chronicling African-American Life
-Fences, Joe Turner's Come and Gone, and The Piano |
Amiri Baracks |
-Dutchman |
Suzan-Lori Parks |
-Topdog/Underdog |
Katori Hall |
The Mountain Top- about the life of Martin Luther King Jr. |
Luis Valdez |
-El Teatro Campesino- farm workers' theatre
-Actos
-Agit-prop-- agitation propaganda
-Zoot Suit |
Luis Alfaro |
-Oedipus el Rey |
Milcha Sanchez-Scott |
-Roosters |
Maria Irene Fornes |
-Fefu and her Friends |
Nilo Cruz |
-Anna in the Tropics (adaptation of Anna Karenina) |
Nuyorican |
-Puerto Ricans from New York |
Miguel Pinero |
-Short Eyes |
Wole Soyinka |
-Nigerian Playwright
-The Strong Breed |
Athol Fugard |
-South African writer
-Writing about apartheid
-Master Harold and the Boys |