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Chapter 12

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Henrik Ibsen   Norwegian playwright, founder of modern realism, wrote: A Doll’s House, and other plays about taboo situations  
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Realism   Sought to convince audiences that stage action represented everyday life and refused to make moral judgments and covered taboo topics  
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Naturalism   Began in France, a subdivision of realism (an extreme form) was more of a “slice of life”  
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Emile Zola   French playwright and most famous proponet of naturalism, wrote: Therese Raquin  
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“Slice of life   A term used for describing naturalistic theatre  
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Gerhardt Hauptmann   Had popular naturalistic plays perfomed at the Freie Buhne, wrote: Before Sunrise, The Lower Depths  
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Théâtre Libre   “Free Theatre” founded in paris by Andre Antoine, revolutionized French Theatre by introducing realistic and Naturalistic playwrights.  
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André Antoine   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   illumination of stage picture that seems to come from onstage sources i.e. – lamp  
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Freie Bühne   “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   Chairman of Freie Buhne  
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Independent Theatre   Oporated in Londen, hired professional actors only open Sundays introduced realism and naturalism, responsible for introducing George Bernard Shaw  
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George Bernard Shaw   Wrote WIedower’s Houses, was a criteic until he found no plays reflected his views sot he wrote his own ideas on political and Social form  
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Harley Granville-Barker   Actor and playwright who ran Regal Court Theatre and Incorporated Stage Society  
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Moscow Art Theatre   Most influential Theateres dedicated to realism, founded by Konstanin Stanislavski and V.N. Danchenko, became popular with “the Seagull”  
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Konstantin Stanislavski   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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V. Nemirovich-Danchenko   Operated Moscow Art Theatre with Stanislavski  
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Anton Chekhov   Plays are not lonely “realism” but also examples of present day tragicomedy all his plays were produced in the Moscow Art Theatre  
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Circle of attention   (Stanislavski) extent or range of concentration, compared to circle of light on darkened stage  
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Given circumstances   (Stanislavski)- situation which character exists- feels, lighting, setting, expected moments  
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The magic “if"   (Stanislavski) to be able to imagine yourself in any situation  
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Psychophysical actions   (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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Symbolism   Leading anti-realistic movement, (a reaction to realistic theatre) has almost no plot action and took form of lyrical drama  
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Richard Wagner   A chief influence on symbolist playwrights, with emphasis on myth  
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Maurice Maeterlinck   Most successful symbolist dramatist, argued that theatre should present not outwardly but “a shadow of symbolic forms”  
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Frank Wedekind   wrote: Spring’s Awakening, which combines grotesque with realistic and symbolist  
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August Strindberg   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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Théâtre d’Art   Founded by Paul Fort, remembered for Maeterlinck’s: The Intruder and The Blind  
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Paul Fort   Organized “theatre d’ Arte”, followed symbolists theories of stage production  
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Aurélien-Marie Lugné-Poë   Acted for Fort and was notorious for presentation in “Ubu the King” by Alfred Jerry  
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Alfred Jarry   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   Playwright associated with Abbey theatre, opposed realism, experimented with Japanese drama wrote: The Hawks Well  
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John Millington Synge   Associated with abbey Theatre, created poetic drama in realistic form wrote: Spreading the news  
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The Abbey Theatre   Associated with early symbolist drama, dealt with concerns and myths of Irish  
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Adolphe Appia   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”   Appia’s idea, designed theatre with no proscenium arch  
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Edward Gordon Craig   (Modern staging) deliberately provocative in order to make theories known. Wrote: The Art of Theatre, had a magazine, the Mask. Used platforms and levels , felt star system was weakest element of theatre and believed in Ubermarionette, also, established  
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Übermarionette   “Super Puppet” Craig’s idea, that would allow director complete control of performance  
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Unit setting   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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Vsevolod Meyerhold   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   Used by Meyerhold-exposed devices of theatre such as how machinery works to make audience aware it’s a performance  
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Constructivism   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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Max Reinhardt   An Eclectic director, know for innovated use of spaced, experimented with adaptations of Elizabethan stage for Shakespeare drama  
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Yevgeny Vakhtangov   Staged most significant work at Moscow Art Theatre, and Eclectic director  
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Mikhail Chekhov   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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David Belasco   Producer; used realistic techniques to create sensational staging of melodramas  
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James O’Neill   Spent most of his career performing in stage adaptation of The Count of Monte Cristo  
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The Syndicate   Group of producers who had a monopoly over American theatre by producing major shows with stars and allowing other theaters to book the shows only through the Sydicate  
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Minnie Maddern Fiske   Opposed syndicate, known for performances in plays by Isben, Shaw and Wilde  
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Oscar Wilde   Playwright: Importance of being Earnest, An Ideal Husband  
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Henry Irving   One of the last great actor managers, most acclaimed English actor, respnsibel for innovations in staging and lighting, played Hamlet for 200 nights, master at gesture and pantomime, excelled in melodrama  
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Ellen Terry   Worked with Henry Irving, brought a beauty and freshness to stage, helped create one of the greatest duos  
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Beijing Opera   (Peking) combines music, theatre and dance, plays involve elaborate and colorful conventions of makeup, movement and voice production  
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Rabindranath Tagore   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   Great cakewalker, comedian, writer who put black performers on Broadway in Dahomey and Abyssinia  
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Lafayette Players   Produced a new play every week (an African American stock Co.) consisted of “white” Plays  
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