Midterm Flashcards
(20 cards)
Theatricalism
Exposes devices of theatre, attention brought to audience, you’ll know you’re at a show. ex: sweeney, taming, eurydice
Expressionism
Distortion, from main character’s POV, politically motivated, began with paintings
The Hairy Ape
by Eugene O’Neill represented expressionism
Futurism
introduced media, puppetry, audience interaction, glorified wars, Felipo Marinetti
Dada
passives movement, irrationality of life to confuse audience
Surrealism
dream like world, subconscious,
theatre of cruelty
sensory, waking up audience, inclination to violence, Grotowsky-all about poor theatre and audience actor relationship.
Antonin Arteux
pile of trash, no more masterpieces, power of images, JET OF BLOOD,
Epic Theatre
MOTHER COURAGE, THREE PENNY OPERA, political, didactic, designed to teach something, EPIC BITCHZ
Existentialism
God DOES NOT exist, because WE exist, GOD IS DEAD, humanity is irrational, but is in regular structure, , Jean Paul Sartre—NO EXIT about three people in a room, girl loved girl who loved guy who loved girl and they were in HELL. Albert Camus—THE FLIES, WAITING FOR GODOT has themes of this.
Harold Pinter
absurdist, wrote THE LOVER, BETRAYAL, THE BDAY PARTY, sufficient, lack of explanation, something weird dark and sinister thats not defined. liked to have a pint on his own. weird guy. absurd guy in corner of bar
Edward Albee
wrote play about guy who fucked a goat and was in love with it AKA , liked jazz.
BRECHT
wrote satires
Oscar Wilde
“art for art’s sake”,
Ibsen
all about realism, one who wrote DOLLS HOUSE, change, hope for change
Stanislovski
all about truth on stage, human behavior natural, ensemble playing, all about your body is more imporant than the lines,
George Bernard Shaw
Wrote MAJOR BBRA,
eclectics
bridged gap between realism and anti-realism; many diff styles
paratheatre
bullshit in woods, actor audience relationship is like BRING IT ON and are pretentious pieces of shit
well made plays
A DOLLS HOUSE,
