Test II

Question 1

Who is the founder of Epic Theatre?

Answer 1

Erwin Piscator

Question 2

Who are two prominent figures associated with Epic Theatre?

Answer 2

Bertolt Brecht and Vsevolod Meyerhold

Question 3

What was Epic Theatres reaction to naturalism?

Answer 3

They believed that humans are fundamentally capable of change.

Question 4

What was Epic Theatres reaction to Realism?

Answer 4

They felt it had too much emphasis on escapism.

Question 5

What movement was Erwin Piscator a “one time member” of?

Answer 5

The Expressionist Movement

Question 6

What proletarian theatre did Erwin Piscator found?

Answer 6

Volksbune

Question 7

Who included mechanized sets/devices, lectures and incorporated films into their plays?

Answer 7

Erwin Piscator

Question 8

Which person helped in the Russian Revolution?

Answer 8

Erwin Piscator

Question 9

Which theatre practitioner became prominent for documentary theatre later in life?

Answer 9

Erwin Piscator

Question 10

What was Epic Theatre’s primary goal for its productions?

Answer 10

For the audience to always be aware that they are watching a play

Question 11

Which theatre group viewed catharsis as the enemy?

Answer 11

Epic Theatre

Question 12

What does it mean to reject the linear narrative?

Answer 12

To employ an episodic plot structure - scenes not based on cause and effect, but self-contained moments that address a common theme/idea

Question 13

Which theatre practitioner is known for bring a Marxist?

Answer 13

Bertolt Brecht

Question 14

Which theatre practitioner was blacklisted by the HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee) and testified?

Answer 14

Bertolt Brecht

Question 15

The Epic Theatre used what kind of techniques?

Answer 15

-Reporting by characters
-Film, Projections, & Placards
-Choruses
-Narration NOT Impresonation

Question 16

Helene Weigel and Bertolt Brecht what theatre group in East Berlin?

Answer 16

The Berliner Ensemble

Question 17

What were some of Brecht’s most famous plays?

Answer 17

-The Threepenny Opera
-Mother Courage and Her Children
-The Good Person Szechwan
-The Caucasian Chalk Circle

Question 18

What is the name of Bertolt Brecht’s Techniques?

Answer 18

Verfremdungseffekt

Question 19

What is Verfremdungseffekt?

Answer 19

Techniques created by Bertolt Brecht which aimed to:
-“estrange” or “alienate” the audience
-have no suspension of disbelief
-have emotional distance from the character must be maintained at all cost

Question 20

What kind of characters were there for the Verfremdungseffekt?

Answer 20

Stock Characters

Question 21

What is Anti Realism?

Answer 21

It was many genres that were created after WWI and WWII:
-Symbolism
-Dadaism
-Futurism
-Surrealism
-Expressionism

Question 22

What is Symbolism?

Answer 22

-focuses on the aesthetic values of poetry, imagery, novelty, extravagance, fantasy, audacity and charm
-a way to create a non-realistic worlds of poetry and dreams through atmosphere stagings and stylized acting

Question 23

What popular scientist was used to draw motivation for symbolism?

Answer 23

Sigmund Freud

Question 24

What was the first symbolist theatre?

Answer 24

Theatre d’Art

Question 25

Who founded the first Symbolist theatre?

Answer 25

Paul Fort

Question 26

Who is considered to have written the most famous symbolist plays?

Answer 26

Alfred Jarry

Question 27

Which theatre practitioner wrote the play Ubu Roi?

Answer 27

Alfred Jarry

Question 28

Who is the best known symbolist playwright?

Answer 28

Maurice Maeterlink

Question 29

What are Maurice Maeterlink's best known plays?

Answer 29

-The Intruder -The Blue Bird

Question 30

What is Dadaism?

Answer 30

-The avant-gard genre which protested all traditional art forms and is grounded in deliberate nonsense -to reject reason and logic and embrace chaos and irrationality

Question 31

Who started the Dadaism movement?

Answer 31

Tristan Tzara

Question 32

Where was the Dadaism movement started?

Answer 32

Cafe Voltaire

Question 33

True or False: There are no real plays associated with Dadaism

Answer 33

True

Question 34

What is Futurism?

Answer 34

Aims to glorify the energy and speed of the machine age and seeks to embody those ideals in the arts

Question 35

Which directors used new technologies with theatre lights and sound?

Answer 35

Adolphe Appia and Edward Gordon Craig

Question 36

What futurism play did Filippo Tommaso Marinetti write which attacked tradition and called for a revolution to destroy old cultural institutions including universities, libraries and museums?

Answer 36

Futurist Manifesto

Question 37

What is Surrealism?

Answer 37

A movement fully influenced by Sigmund Freud's dream research and focused on the relationship between the unconscious and reality

Question 38

Who is the most famous surrealist visual artist?

Answer 38

Salvador Dali

Question 39

What are some of the popular plays created in the surrealism movement?

Answer 39

-Antonin Artaud: The Upset Stomach -Jean Cocteau: The Human Voice -Guillaume Apollinaire: Breasts of Tiresias -Federico Garcis Lorca: Play Without a Title

Question 40

What is Expressionism?

Answer 40

-A genre that wanted to create a reaction to the shortcomings of realism -An attempt to discover a technique that will express the inner reality of the character

Question 41

What are some characteristics and techniques of Expressionism?

Answer 41

-Violent, grotesque aspects of the human psyche, creating a nightmare world on stage -Distortion, exaggeration, heavy use of light and shadow -Simplified plot and characters -Stock-like characters -Re-emergence of the monologue, language stripped