Theatre History Exam 2

A Streetcar Named Desire (Writer and Genre)

Tennessee Williams, American Realism

Waiting For Godot (Writer and Genre)

Samuel Beckett, Absurdism

Eurydice (Writer and Genre)

Sarah Ruhl, Magical Realism

Indecent (Writer and Genre)

Paula Vogel, Postmodernism

Sweat (Writer and Genre)

Lynn Nottage, Modern Social Realism

Top Girls (Writer and Genre)

Caryl Churchill, Postmodernism

American Realism

Tennessee Williams, basically American life

Absurdism

Cyclical plot, doesn’t make any sense

Postmodernism

Blending of styles, influenced by WWll, “truth is not universal”

Magical Realism

Doesn’t make sense, but in a pleasant way

Documentary Theatre

Verbatim theatre, taking real life events and putting them into theatre

Social Realism (Modern)

Injustice

Arthur Miller

Wrote Death of a Salesman and Crucible

Lorraine Hansberry

Wrote A Raisin in the Sun

Augusto Boal

Founded the Theatre of the Oppressed

Sam Shephard

Wrote Buried Child, True West

August Wilson

Wrote Fences

Poor Theatre

Completely reliant on the character to set the scene and tell the story

Tony Kushner

Wrote Angels in America

Julie Taymor

Used Bunraku for Lion King

Suzan-Lori Parks

Known for Top-Dog Underdog

Moises Kaufman

Wrote the Laramie Project