Theatre 3 exam

What does melodrama mean

Song drama

What period were women allowed on the English Stage

Restoration period

What three playwrights begin the modern era

Ibsen, Stringberg, Chekhov

What did the comedy of manners make fun of

the higher class

What were the three positions in an elizabethan acting company

Shareholders, apprentices, hirelings

Which french playwright strictly adheres to the neoclassical rules

Recine

Who were the masques intended to glorify

The monarch

Who outlawed theater in 1632

Puritans

Earlier art form that strongly influenced muliere

Commedia dell’ arte

What was different between earlier french and elizabethan

Women were allowed to join

What is the name given to the best known comedies of the restoration

Comedy of Manners

What form of realism is meant to present a “slice of life”

Naturalism

According to the neoclassicist tragedy dealt with royalty, and comedy dealt with

Common people

What was the biggest development to come out of 18th century theater production

Development of the modern director

When was theater popularity at its highest

19th century

What two things were romantics interested in creating

Atmosphere and dramatic mood

What is the book of a musical

The dialogue

Molieure was a French playwright known for writing what?

Comedies

What technological advances did the industrial revolution bring to theater

Electric light, gas light, elevator/revolving stage

What type of structure did melodramas use

Well-made play

What strand of modern theater conveys everything on stage to resemble observable everyday life to promote a strong sense of audience recognition and identification

Realism

Who is considered the father of modern realistic drama

Ibsen

In their time, realistic and naturalistic works were seen as controversial. This led to the establishment of what?

Independent theaters

What was the most important independent theater in the US between WWI and WWII

The group theater

What were the movements of the late 19th century and early 20th century that sought to express inner truth and

Symbolism

What was the movement in Germany around WWI characterized by an attempt to dramatize an distortion striking to ditest images by lyrical and unrealistic dialogue

German expressionism

What movement attempted to dramatize the working of the subconscious

Surrealism

What ype of musical uses the music of former popular music stars and groups

Jukebox musical

Is Hamilton a jukebox musical

No

Whose modern dramas moved away from the melodramatic

Chekhov

Who developed epic theater

Brecht

Where were the Shakespeare’s plays produced

The globe theater