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1
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Antonin Artaud started the ________

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Theatre of Cruelty

2
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Theatre of Cruelty is “_____”

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“An assault on the senses”

3
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Theatre of Cruelty aims to 1.___, 2.____, 3.____

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  1. Touching the audience to force their involvement. 2. Violent and supernatural poetic language. 3. Liberate audiences from repressions of civilization
4
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What is Jacque Rouché most known for?

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Saving the Paris Opera.

5
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Tell us about Jacques Rouché.

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-Put together the “World Fair” in Paris in 1889, wrote the book “Modern Theatre Art”, started the “Théâtre des Arts”, liked simplified designs (especially sets), traveled and supported other artists, saved the Paris Opera.

6
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What was the first production for the “Théâtre des Arts”?

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Carnaval des Enfants

7
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Who is Firmin Gémir?

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Actor who created the role of Ubu, 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.

8
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Who started the “Theatre Gémier”, “Le Théâtre National Ambulant Gémier” and the “Théatre National Populaire”?

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Firmin Gémir

9
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What are the “Theatre Gémier”, “Le Théâtre National Ambulant Gémier” and the “Théatre National Populaire”?

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Touring production companies that took shows on the road to country audiences.

10
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Who is Jaques Copeau?

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Founder of “Théâtre du Vuieux”, drama and theatre critic, known/thought of as the “master of French theatre”.

11
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What is the “Théâtre du Vuieux” defined by?

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  1. Retheatricalization of the theatre, 2. poetry of the theatre (a “harmony of elements”), 3. Restore beauty to the stage (getting away from the Avant-Garde), 4. Give primacy to the dramatists’ texts, 5. Put Appia’s ideals of staging into practice.
12
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Who started the “Théâtre du Vuieux”?

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Jaques Copeau

13
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How many plays did the “Théâtre du Vuieux” have it’s first season?

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17

14
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What happened between to the “Théâtre du Vuieux” after WWI started?

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The second season was postponed. They opened in NYC to “represent France”. Removed proscenium “arch” to create an “open theatre”

15
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What is one thing that the “Théâtre du Vuieux” is known for?

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Removing the “proscenium arch” to create an “open theatre”

16
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Who are two people/things that Copeau influenced?

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Michel Saint and the Cartel des Quatre

17
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What makes up Paris theatre since the 1930s?

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“Boulevard theatre” (commercial theatre), “Experimental, avant garde, art theatre”, and “State/goverment subsidized repertory theatre preserving the classics”.

18
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What makes up the Cartel des Quatre?

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Charles Dullin, Louis Jouvet, Pitoëff, Baty

19
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Charles Dullin

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-Stage/Film actor, “Volpone” was most famous production and was made into a movie.

20
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Louis Jouvet

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-greatest decibel, -actor, director and author, -founded “Théâtre de l’Athénée”

21
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Georges Pitoeff

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-actor influenced by Stanislovsky, married Ludmila (also an actress)

22
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Gaston Baty

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-director, -not obsessed with the text like Copeau

23
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What is the “NEP”

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Stands for “New Economic Policy”,

24
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Who is Vladimir Ilyich Lenin?

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Communist Revolutionary, developed political theories known as “Leninism”, established NEP,

25
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When was the Golden age of Soviet theatre and film?

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1921-1928

26
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Who is Vsevolod Emilievich Meyerhold?

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Actor under Stanislavsky, outstanding director,