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Intro to Theatre Final
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Undergraduate 1
12/11/2008

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agitprop
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agitational propaganda.. part of bolsheviks, dedicated to info, to exite people into action, why peoples lives are terrible ext..
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alienation effect
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eliminate illusion, would use white light to create a mood or tone. no empathy, wanted audience to simply watch it.. stepping out of character
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astor place riot
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first shot in america without war. edwin forrest(manly american) vs william charles macready (classic englishman) ..
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the black crook
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first book/integrated musical
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burlesque
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strip tease.. but didnt used to be. flips what is happening all around.
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concept/fragmented musical
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metaphor more important than all the acts.. theaterical and pictorial.. primary themes.. very dark
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book/integrated musical
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during golden age.. based on music and dance, plot and character.. optimistic
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dime museum
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freak shows
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fords theatre
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booth assassinates lincoln during our family cousin
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4th wall
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imaginary wall in front of procerium stage.. where action is seen, seperates audience from stage
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globe theatre
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shakespeare in london.. sam wanamaker
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magic if
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actors use to get into character.. what if i do this
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melodrama
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teach lessons! toms cabin, dime museums. morality rewarded, middle class, discourages bad behavior
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minstrelsy
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edwin forrest, white people painted black
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social drama
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theatre for social change. individual vs society, morality
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stage yankee
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all american good character, not very smart
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vaudeville
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clean family entertainment.. catwalk
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blue man group
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outside in
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john wilkes booth
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assassinates lincoln, acting family
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bertolt brecht
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and the berliner ensemble. no emotional involvement, distance . epic theatre, wanted war between china and japan to stop
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chris burden
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shoot. friend shoots him in a performance, forces audience to react
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federal theatre project
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funded the arts during the depression, out of work actors helped, living newspapers, agitprop, the cradle will rock
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edwin forrest
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bowery boys, strong and manly american, played macbeth, astor riots
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hrosvitha
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first woman playwright, nun
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georg 2 duke of saxe meiningen
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director, modern acting and stage design. realistic!! 3D set, crowded scenes
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coco fusco and guillermo gomez-pena
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undiscovered amerindians in cage, was satire but people took it seriously. timely piece because of peoples reactions
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herik ibsen
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father of realism, a doll house. womans independence, door slam
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moises kaufman
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founder of tetonic theatre company
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william macready
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english actor, macbeath and hamlet. upperclass, smuggled out of us after astor riot
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cameron makintosh
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phantom of the opera, cats, les miserables
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david merrick
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hello dolly, gypsy
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eugene oneil
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disturbing life and plays. 1 play for every descade. 3 plays. GOLDEN AGE. long days journey into night. wanted last work published 20 years after death but wife didnt do so
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nea4
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national endowment for the arts. is this art? kara finley, holly hughes. controversial. took away money.. can the govt decide what is a good play?
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anna deavere smith
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on the road. talks to people at historical events, creates characters. fires in the mirror, twilight in los angeles, wants people to get past race, tries to peel away layers
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annie sprinkle
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public cervix announcement, porn.
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konstantine stanislavi
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inside out, method acting, distanced himself from it because of lack of emotion and consistency
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julie taymor
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first woman to win tony (lion king)
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richard wagner
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gesamtkunstwek, controls everything, fan shaped auditorium, dark, didnt want high class to be seen
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sam wanamaker
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actor/director.. reconstructed globe theatre
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thorton wilder
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pulitzer prize winner, 'our town' little scenery, relies a lot on acting, golden age
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tennessee williams
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glass menagerie, golden age, shadowed his own life
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arthur miller
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great depression child, death of a saleman, working class issues
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luis valez
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father of chicano theatre, los vandidos
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dada
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what is art? urinal. challenges high art. the gas heart, tristan tzara
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absurdism
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paris, in response to wwii, repitition, no cause effect relationship
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epic theatre
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germany, brecht, no empathy, alienation.. no emotion, distance instead
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inside out
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representational.. emotion first
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outside in
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presentational, physical firest, then emotion. too mechanical
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worshipful
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follows tradition of old plays
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heretical
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modern twist on an old play, emotion!
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proscenium
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3 walls, invisible 4th wall, seperates audience
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thrust stage
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audience on 3 sides
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arena
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audience all around, up
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black box
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all around, same as stage.. brings audience in
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flexible stage
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audience wherever
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