Harding University Theatre App Dottie Frye Chp. 12 1/2 and 13

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the premier actor and comic playwright of the era (17 century france)
"Misanthrope"
"Tartuffe"

the most revered writer of tragedy in all French Theatre

Collective Hero

A group of characters serving together as the protagonist of a play

Restored to the English throne, therefore theatre was again allowed.

Ireland/England. "She Stoops to Conquer"

Irish playwright and poet and long-term owner of the London Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

Actors split profits after days expenses based on how much each had invested in the venture

Rhetorical acting

a stand up actor or actress , whose big voice and grand gestures were intended to capture the attention and admiration of a fully lit and social audience

first proscenium theatre

movement of the late 18th century and early 19th century that rejected nearly ever aspect of neoclassicism, celebrated the natural world, valued intense emotion and individuality

Sturm and Drang

"storm and stress" deliberately broke all rules of neoclassicism

scenic device that imitated an interior room with walls, furniture, visual detail

the creation of historically accurate costumes and scenery

a dramatic genre featuring a conflict between good and evil characters, fast-paced action, spectacular climax, poetic justice
example: Uncle Tom's Cabin

rebellion against romantacism and melodrama, very detailed scenery and historically accurate

"Hunchback of Notre Dame". Theory adds notion of grotesque to romantic

Henrik Ibsen, adaptation of melodrama and well-made play

1820s, replaced candles and oil lamps

first play to use electric light

"slice of life" following actual pace of daily life

proscenium arch is often treated as fourth wall to enclose a room
This is the invisible wall that the audience views the scene through. Actors do not acknowledge the audience.

Norway. Wrote realist plays.

From Russia. The Cherry Orchard. Three Sisters. Uncle Vanya

George Bernard Shaw

From England. Mrs. Warren's Profession. Arms and the Man. Pygmalion

a technique of acting in which an actor aspires to complete emotional identification with a part

often used to designate the shift beginning with realism

used synonymously with the term "experiment", art that pushes recognized boundaries. Originated from the French term vanguard
-Experimental, cutting edge

in the 1890s first major challenge to realism (avant-garde), any romantic musical or Disney movie
-imagery, like a dream

term used for an approach to scenic design featuring simplicity, avoidance of detail, and reduction of a location to its significant elements. Based on designs of Adolphe Appia and Gordon Craig

nonrealistic approach to production in which the subjective experience of the character is depicted on stage. Visual and aural aspects of production often suggest anxiety or mental breakdown of center character. dehumanization or destruction of humanity at the hands of commercialism, industry, war

Originating in France beginning in 1917, an avant-garde movement in which the dream world and the real world are intertwined and its difficult to distinguish

Anti-illusionist theatre featuring emotional detachment, narration, songs, obvious theatricality that was developed by German playwright Brecht

Theatre of Cruelty

Developed by Artaud between the world wars; emphasizes the breakdown of causality and stressing emotion over intellect

Theatre of Absurd

Post WW2 plays centered on character who are strangers to each other, trapped in a violent, meaningless world without design or purpose
-Samuel Beckett (Ireland/England). Wrote "waiting for Godot"
-Eugene Lonesco (France). "The Bald Soprano"

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