Modern Drama Flashcards
(24 cards)
Realism
19th century movement bring theatre to an accurate representation of life
Most influential movement in modern theatre
Henrik Ibsen
who wrote A Doll’s House, is known as the father of modern drama.
Antirealism
Rejected theatrical realism
Theatre of the absurd
Antirealism
Post ww2
Futile existence
Epic theatre
aims to disconnect the audience from play and teach them and will them into action
Breaks 4th wall
Ironic acting
Obvious transitions
Actors speaking w auidence members
DESTROYS REALISM
Nonrealism
-early 20th century
-Aim to show reality differently by using different story techniques
Making thing have more meaning
Symbolism ( nonrealism)
First movement of nonrealism
Objects, people, places represented bigger ideas and universal truths (Grace birth sunrise sunsets)
Expressionism (nonrealism)
-Early 20th century portrayed of
- struggles ofmankind
-modern world
-failure of social values
-Play often looked
-Apocalyptic/dystopian tone
-Central character= Savior/hero
-Scenery greatly distorted to deliver strong feelings and ideas to audience
Examples of expressionism
Government, business, military, sexism,, failures of societal systems
Mrzero man woman=very basic names
Timeline of modern drama
Realism nonrealism expressionism
qualities of play
CISS
RGPC (rich goey creame puffs)
ICE
Credibility=logical flow
Intrigue/Suspense= Audience curious
Speakability=Diagloue makes sense
Stageability=Diagolue written effectively for stage
Richness=in-depth characters and play
Gravity= impacted audience
Pertinence=relates to audience
Compression= condensing story
Intensity= delivers impact
Celebration
Economy=Restricted Playwright’s expertise
Musical theatre is also called
Musical play
Opera
-Italian
-intermezzi many spectacles
Opera more popular than plays
Operatas (20th century musicals)
-20th
-every class can go!
-less formal tone
-relatable to every class!
Broadway
-often like operettas combined
- vauldervilee absurdity and comical
Oklahoma
- every song advance the auidence
- changed musical theatre to have the song be interated and be part of the story
HAIR
First rock musical
METAL HAIR
What are the play that empasized the narrative plot and are called concept musicals
Pippin, a chorus line, and Chicago
Mega musicals
Huge musicals
Cats, Misérables, the Phantom of the opera, and miss Sagion
- bring back their production costs
90s slightly smaller but still succesful
Sunset Boulevard and red
2000s
The 2000s brought a resurgence of musical comedies reminiscent of earlier decades like Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Producers, and Hairspray.
Family friendly -1
Edgy rock musical -1
Orginals- 3
Hostpry and mythology-2
Maltida
Spring Awakening
Come From Away, Next to normal,
In the heights
Hamiliton
Hadestown
2 most important tools of a play
Diagloue and physical action
The core of every play is
Action