Global Theatre Study Guide

Question 1

What is Zarzuela

Answer 1

It is a form of Spanish musical theater that combines operatic and theatrical elements

Question 2

What theater practice originated in Spain in the 17th century

Answer 2

Zarzuela

Question 3

What theater practice emerged as a response to dominance of the Italian opera on Spanish lyric stages

Answer 3

Zarzeula

Question 4

What did male characters wear in Zarzeulas

Answer 4

Suits or uniforms appropriate to their roles

Question 5

What language is Zarzuelas sung in

Answer 5

Spanish

Question 6

What is the art of Pantomime within the United Kingdom?

Answer 6

British pantomime continues as a popular form of theatre, incorporating song, dance, buffoonery, slapstick, cross-dressing, in-jokes, topical references, audience participation

Question 7

What are important aspects when it comes to Pantomime?

Answer 7

Gender role reversal, Colorful costumes, exaggerated facial expressions, and audience participation

Question 8

When do Pantomime’s usually take place within the United Kingdom?

Answer 8

Usually performed at holidays, especially winter ones

Question 9

Where is Peking Opera from?

Answer 9

China

Question 10

What does Peking Opera consist of?

Answer 10

speech, singing, mime, acrobatics, and martial arts

Question 11

What are the masks called in Peking Opera?

Answer 11

Jing

Question 12

Famous Peking Operas

Answer 12

Farewell My Concubine, Drunken Beauty, The Legend of the White Snake, and The Heavenly Maid Scatters Blossoms

Question 13

What is ONE OF the worlds Oldest Theatre Practice?

Answer 13

Noh Theatre: Japan

Question 14

whats the most important coustume piece in Noh Theatre

Answer 14

The masks (handmade)

Question 15

What are Noh plays about?

Answer 15

Religious stories and tormented humans

Question 16

Who was Bertolt Brecht

Answer 16

A German Playwright who created “Epic Theater” and the “distancing affect”

Question 17

what is epic theater

Answer 17

a style of theater based around keeping the audience engaged

Question 18

Which art practice is improvised and comedic?

Answer 18

Commedia Dell-arte.

Question 19

What does Commedia Dell-arte translate to?

Answer 19

Comedy of the profession or comedy of art.

Question 20

What physical aspects were a part of Commedia Dell’arte? Was there any important costume pieces?

Answer 20

Acrobatics, dance, and pantomime would occur. Masks were essential to Commedia Dell’Arte.

Question 21

Where was Lope de Vega from?

Answer 21

Madrid, Spain

Question 22

What was Lope de Vega often referred to as and why?

Answer 22

The Spanish Shakespeare because of his writing language of “ordinary life”.

Question 23

What are the cultural elements of Lope de Vega’s work?

Answer 23

He pulls from Spanish events and history

Question 24

What is culturally significant about Lope de Vega?

Answer 24

He coined the classic form of comedia (play with 3 acts, merged dramatic and comedic elements)

Question 25

What countries/practices inspired mime?

Answer 25

Ancient Greece, Roman, Japanese Noh and Commedia dell'Arte

Question 26

Jean Gaspard Deburau is considered to be what?

Answer 26

The father of mime

Question 27

Who created the depressing look of mime (ex. the signature tear)

Answer 27

Paul Legrand

Question 28

Who is the most famous french mime artist

Answer 28

Marcel Marceau

Question 29

What practice mimics human gestures

Answer 29

mime

Question 30

What is the theory of fixed points (mime)?

Answer 30

Invisible limits in space

Question 31

Do mimes rehearse with the object

Answer 31

Yes!

Question 32

George Bernard Shaw Country

Answer 32

UK

Question 33

What is George Bernard Shaw known for?

Answer 33

Controversial opinions, Nobel peace prize and Oscar, Created the "discussion play"

Question 34

George Bernard Shaw's popular plays

Answer 34

The Doctor's Dilemma, Man and Superman

Question 35

What musical is an adaptation of Pygmalion?

Answer 35

My Fair Lady

Question 36

What was GB Shaw's impact?

Answer 36

He modernized "Edwardian theater" and talked about social issues and gender stereotypes.

Question 37

Moliere: Country

Answer 37

France

Question 38

Moliere: Inspiration

Answer 38

Italian practice of Commedia dell'Arte

Question 39

What happened Chay Yew put on his first play, "As If He Hears"?

Answer 39

The Singaporean government banned it for its inclusion of a gay character. (too sympathetic and acted "too straight")

Question 40

What country is Chay Yew from?

Answer 40

Singapore

Question 41

Moliere: Reason for Plays

Answer 41

To satirize the French aristocracy with pompous and hypocritical characters (CIANI SAID REMEMBER THIS ONE!!)

Question 42

What does wood, string, and rod relate too?

Answer 42

Puppetry in Russia

Question 43

One of the oldest forms of theatre (1,500 BC)

Answer 43

Sanskrit

Question 44

Entire country went into mourning when he died

Answer 44

Lope de Vega

Question 45

African American to win the nobel prize for literature

Answer 45

Woye Soyinka

Question 46

Three of our theatre practices were created in direct response to what was percieved as oppression and cultural upset. What are they?

Answer 46

Theater of the Oppresed, Los Tzanicos, Haitan Theatre

Question 47

Where is Athol Fugard from?

Answer 47

South Africa

Question 48

What inspired Athol Fugard?

Answer 48

His father's stories

Question 49

What is Athol Fugard considered?

Answer 49

Story-teller, writes about his own life and a political playwright

Question 50

What was Athol Fugard's collection of plays called?

Answer 50

The Family Trilogy

Question 51

What is included in "The Family Trilogy"?

Answer 51

The Blood Knot (2 brothers, one is white-passing), Hello and Goodbye (reunion of a brother and sister), and Boseman and Lena (poor couple in a corrupt government)

Question 52

How many Tonys did Athol Fugard win?

Answer 52

8 Tonys

Question 53

What theatre was named after Athol Fugard?

Answer 53

Fugard Theatre

Question 54

What was the perido called that Athol Fugard wrote?

Answer 54

Aperthied Period - White passing vs. Not.

Question 55

Who is Sergei Obraztsov?

Answer 55

He is the father of Soviet puppetry. He founded the Moscow State Puppet Theater in 1931 and pioneered innovative techniques in puppetry

Question 56

a holiday favorite in Russian puppet theater. That is a cherished tradition for audiences of all ages.

Answer 56

Kashtanka

Question 57

What are the two types of dance in Haitian Theater

Answer 57

Yanvalou, Konpa

Question 58

Who is considered the God of Creation in Haitian Vodou

Answer 58

Danbala

Question 59

Where does most modern plays take place in Haiti

Answer 59

Yanvalou Cafe

Question 60

What is traditionally worn in Yanvalou Dance

Answer 60

All white garments