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Chapter 12

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show Norwegian playwright, founder of modern realism, wrote: A Doll’s House, and other plays about taboo situations  
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Realism   show
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show Began in France, a subdivision of realism (an extreme form) was more of a “slice of life”  
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Emile Zola   show
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show A term used for describing naturalistic theatre  
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show Had popular naturalistic plays perfomed at the Freie Buhne, wrote: Before Sunrise, The Lower Depths  
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Théâtre Libre   show
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show Founded Theatre Libre, and popularized realism, strove to create “fourth wall” used motivated lighting and was against the star system; worked with amateur actors for ensemble performances  
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Motivated lighting   show
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show “Free Stage” began in Berlin, dedicated to realism and naturalism, employed professional actors only performed on Sundays (Ottow Brahm was Chairman)  
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Otto Brahm   show
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Independent Theatre   show
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George Bernard Shaw   show
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show Actor and playwright who ran Regal Court Theatre and Incorporated Stage Society  
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Moscow Art Theatre   show
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show Most Famous for training performers to act realistically, co-founder of Moscow Art Theatre, Directed and acted in many Chekov plays  
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show Operated Moscow Art Theatre with Stanislavski  
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Anton Chekhov   show
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show (Stanislavski) extent or range of concentration, compared to circle of light on darkened stage  
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Given circumstances   show
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The magic “if"   show
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show (Stanislavski) or purposeful action- the idea that actions can lead one into emotions(Stanislavski) or purposeful action- the idea that actions can lead one into emotions  
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show Leading anti-realistic movement, (a reaction to realistic theatre) has almost no plot action and took form of lyrical drama  
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show A chief influence on symbolist playwrights, with emphasis on myth  
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Maurice Maeterlinck   show
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show wrote: Spring’s Awakening, which combines grotesque with realistic and symbolist  
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show wrote Miss Julie, was prosecuted for blasphemy in “married” , Wrote “a dream Play” which lead to surrealist movement and theatre of the absurd  
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show Founded by Paul Fort, remembered for Maeterlinck’s: The Intruder and The Blind  
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show Organized “theatre d’ Arte”, followed symbolists theories of stage production  
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Aurélien-Marie Lugné-Poë   show
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show writer of Ubu the King, a comic book style take off on Shakespeare’s Julius Ceaser and Macbeth  
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William Butler Yeats   show
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show Associated with abbey Theatre, created poetic drama in realistic form wrote: Spreading the news  
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The Abbey Theatre   show
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show First to develop theory of antirealist staging, advocated multidirectional colored light, preferred work to speak for itself. Start of modern stage design, wrote: Music and Art of Theatre and Work of Living Art. Believed in master director.  
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“Fourth wall removed”   show
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Edward Gordon Craig   show
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Übermarionette   show
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show Craig’s idea-one basic setting that can represent various locals through movement of its elements with slight addition of properties  
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show Stanislavsky’s counterpart, biggest anti-realistic movement, an original member of Moscow Art Theatre, felt director was more important than star actor, experimented with antirealism, used “found space” wanted to shatter the fourth wall, attempted to tra  
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Theatricalism   show
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show Used by Meyerhold-sets provided machines for his performers to work on, looked like huge tinker toys, skeletal frames, ramps and stairways.  
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show An Eclectic director, know for innovated use of spaced, experimented with adaptations of Elizabethan stage for Shakespeare drama  
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show Staged most significant work at Moscow Art Theatre, and Eclectic director  
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show Anton’s nephew, developed a system of acting based on psychological gesture said a performer could created realistic stage portrayal by finding physical characteristics that would trigger internal responses  
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show Producer; used realistic techniques to create sensational staging of melodramas  
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James O’Neill   show
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The Syndicate   show
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show Opposed syndicate, known for performances in plays by Isben, Shaw and Wilde  
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Oscar Wilde   show
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Henry Irving   show
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show Worked with Henry Irving, brought a beauty and freshness to stage, helped create one of the greatest duos  
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Beijing Opera   show
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show Philosopher and Social reformer, wrote poems (manasi) works include song, mime, dance and lyrical verse with mysticism. Received Nobel prize in literature, directed and acted in his own plays  
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Bert Williams   show
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Lafayette Players   show
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