20th Century TH Midterm Flashcards
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Symbolism
- Reaction against the cold cynicism of Naturalism
- Poetic language
- Subjective
- Soul-states
Two Naturalist plays by Strindberg
- The Father - A story about a man not knowing whether his child is biologically his
- Miss Julie - A seduction of/by the valet of the household
Anton Chekhov
Great Russian writer bridging the 19th and 20th centuries. The Seagull, The Cherry Orchard
August Strindberg
- Playwright whose work spanned across both the 19th and 20th centuries
- Naturalism and Symbolism,
- spent three years in a mental institution
- launched the expressionist movement *founded “Intima Theatre”
Modernism
Rebellion against traditional form and content
What is Naturalism
- Extreme Realism
- Examining humans scientifically
- Chaos of existence
- Focused on the lowest levels of life
Adolphe Appia
Swiss lighting/scenery designer
Synthesis of the Arts
Various art forms coming together to create one artistic performance/piece. Idea created by Diaghilev.
What is Decadence?
Overindulgence in language and theatrical practices
Harriet Bosse
- Strindberg’s third wife
- Great actress of the Swedish stage (despite her being Norwegian)
- Played the title role in “A Dream Play”
Two Expressionist Plays by Strindberg
- A Dream Play
* A Ghost Sonata
Important plays by Gorky
- Children of the Sun
- Summerfolk
- The Lower Depths
Who founded the Moscow Art Theatre?
Stanislavsky and Neimerov-Danchenko
Konstantin Stanislavski
Acting teacher/director and co-founder of the MAT
Vladimir Nemorovich-Danchenko
General manager and co-founder of the MAT
Alexander Blok
Russian playwright who wrote several plays, including “Little Fairground Booth/The Puppet Show” which combined actors and puppets.
Little Fairground Booth
- Russian Symbolist play
- Combined actors and puppets
- Written by Alexander Blok
Leonid Andreyev
- Russian Symbolist playwright who created “He Who Gets Slapped” and “The Life of Man”
Serge Diaghilev
- Associated with the concept of Synthesis of the Arts
* Brought together artists to perform/paint/direct in his Ballets Russes
Les Ballets Russes
Diaghilev’s famous Russian ballet company
Synthesis of the Arts
Philosophy which brings many art forms together to create one piece/performance
Gémier
Actor who created the role of Ubu in 1896, toured productions out to “country” audiences, started the “Theatre Gémier”, “Le Théâtre National Ambulant Gémier” and the “Théatre National Populaire”, and imported artists from other countries who he thought were equally as important.
Pataphysics
Jarry’s “Science of imaginary solutions”
Marinetti
- Founding father of Futurism
- Italian
- Wrote the “First Manifesto of Futurism”
- Wrote 29 Manifestos