Theater History FTCE Drama 6-12

Adolphe Appia

gave the rise to modern lighting theory. Described three types of lighting in once of his plays, diffused lght, creative light and painted light. Identified four lighting cues; dazzling sunlight, the blood-red light of sunset, twilight and hazy darkness.

Norman Bel Gaddes

while best known for his impressive and large theatrical designs, also contributed to modern lighting techniques. He build a model theater with an electric lighting system. He used this model to experiment with light sources and positions until he discovered the optimal combinations.

Robert Edmond Jones

often refereed to as the father of American scene design, used minimal scenery but dramatic lighting effects. once of his most memorable pieces was his staging of Macbeth. The entire performance took place on a barge stage with three giant movable with masks gazing down upon the performance. Jones use only single spotlights to isolate the acting areas.

Abe Feder

studies at what is now Carnegie-Mellon University, was the first to coin the title "lighting designer." During his carrier, He was the lighting for over 300 Broadway shows. He was also known for his architectural lighting design, having created the lighting for the Empire stage building. The RCA/GE building in Rockefeller Center and United Nations building.

Jean Rosenthal

the best known for her lighting design in musicals from the 1950's and 1960's She is credited as the inventor of dance lighting.

Peggy Clark

was the first female to hold the position of president in the United Scenic Artist organization. She assisted in scene design and was the lighting designer for several Broadway shows.

Alfred Bunn

an English theatrical manager who managed London's Drury Lane Theater, Birmingham's Theater Royal and London's Convent Garden He also attempted to establish the opera in England.

Jame Burbage

an English actor, erected the first theater in London called The Theater in Shorditch and started the Blackfriar's Theater.

Chrsitopher Marlowe

famed for his blank verse. Plays include Tampurlaine, Doctor Fraustus and The Jew of Malta. He was an Elizabethan dramatist who preceded Shakespeare, a poet and a fictional write.

William Congreve

An English Dramatist, was famed for his comic dramas

Gao Xingjian

created what is know as the Chinese Theater of the Absurd Was a Nobel Prize for Literature in 2000

John Heywood, English Dramatist

transformed morality plays from the Middle ages into modern production by changing the allegorical characters into real people.

John Lyly

bought the pastoral to England and created the form of Court comedy.

Ben Johnson

A London-born dramatist, was famed for works of comedy and satire.

Hans Sachs

was a German shoemaker, writer, singer and songwriter. he wrote over 208 plays during the 16th century.

Lope De Rueda

was a Spanish actor, manager and playwright who invented the Spanish version of the short farce called Pasos.

Emile Zola

was a French writer who supported naturalism

Honore de Balzac

a French writer who is credited as the founding father of realism in European literature.

Henry Becque

was a 19th-century French playwright who incorporated both naturalism and realism into his work.

Aphra Behn

was the first female English playwright and British spy.