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Film, Theatre & Television
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12/11/2011

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Federal Theatre Project director
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Hallie Flannigan
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The group theatre's first original playwright
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Clifford Odette
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Stage star, played emporer Jones in film version
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Paul Robeson
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Female restoration playwright of The Rover
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Aphra Behn
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first playwright to make a living
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Aphra Behn
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most prolific female wit
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mary pix
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Taught playwrighting at Yale
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George Pierce Baker
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early american playwright who took Baker's class at yale
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Eugene o'neill
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3 englishmen knighted for acting
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Laurence Olivier, John Guilgould, Paul Robeson
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Jerry and Peter were characters in Albee's play...
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The Zoo Story
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Fires in the Mirror playwright
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Anna Deavere smith
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Edward Albee's play with human sized lizards
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Seascape
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first german expressionist playwright
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walter hassenclever
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Author of spurt of blood
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Artonin Artoud
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Playwright killed in the spanish civil war
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fredrico garcia lorca
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major artistic movement 1800-1875
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romanticism
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major dramatic genre 1800-1875
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melodrama
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father of modern drama
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Ibsen
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Name of a nigerian playwright
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Wole Soyinka
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Author of Homebody/kabul, best known for 2 part play
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Tony Kushner
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Mirrored the Insanity of War
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DADA
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device used by brecht used to take the audience out of the play
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alienation effect
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o'neill primary playwright for this new england theatre company
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the provincetown players
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founded theatro libre
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Andre Antoine
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Father of modern acting
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stanislavski
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george aikin adapted this for stage
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uncle tom's cabin
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first director for federal theatre project
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elmer rice
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wrote On Trial
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Elmer Rice
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An Expressionist play by Elmer Rice
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the adding machine
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first president of the czeck republic
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havel
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name 3 forms of modern theatre
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chicano, litano, african american, lgbt, gender, etx.
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attended yale school of drama wrote heidi chronicals
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Wendy wasserstein
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author of Good Soldier Swick
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Luigi Parendiello
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1927 musical precursor to the first book musical
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showboat
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WPA federal theatre children's show which was accused of desiminating communism
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revolt of the beavers
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wrote 6 Characters in Search of an Author
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Luigi Parendillo
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Director/ president of the british drama legue after WWi
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Henry Granville Baker
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Anglo-english director, founded stratford Theatre ontario
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Tyrone guthrie
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Wrote the paradox of acting
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diderot
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expressionist characters have names such as
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man, woman, clerk
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name 2 plays by bertolt brecht
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mother courage and her children, 3 penny opera
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Charles gave the patent to
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Thomas Killigrew and William Davenant
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William Wycherly wrote
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Springs Awakening and The Country Wife
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first american acting family
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hallam family
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first black actor to reach international acclaim
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ira aldrich
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what german created the "total theatre"
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wagner
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scribe and sardoux were known for perfecting the
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well made play
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first president of the actors equity
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edwin booth
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expressionist play the hairy ape written by
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eugene oneill
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the -ism that idealised technology in war
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futurism
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who wrote the seagull
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Chekhov
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who wrote the lower depths
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maxim gorke
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who wrote the symbolist play a dream play?
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strindberg
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who wrote fences
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august wilson
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mt holyoake grad who inspired wasserstein
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susan lori parks
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susan lori parks won pulitzer prize for what play?
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topdog/underdog
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author of school for scandal
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brinsley sheridan
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18th century was the
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age of enlightenment
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the busybody author
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suzanne centliver
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first director
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duke of saxe meingein
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french female acting rivals
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clarion and dumisnil
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why wars were fought in 18th century
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territory, econimic gain
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2 important 18th century philosophers
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voltaire, russeau, thomas jefferson, and diderot
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18th century artistic style
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baroque
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abraham lincoln associated with
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theatrical syndicate
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under the gaslight author
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augustin daly
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2 plays by shaw
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pygmaleon, man and superman
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theatre manager, first used box sets
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madame vestris
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most famous russian actor before stanislavski
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mikhail schepkin
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1850 lighting device
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gas table
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crumbs of table of joy and intimate apparel written by
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glen nottage
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august wilson's 2005 play last in his series of 10 shows
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radio gulf
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most prominent asian american dramatist
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david henry huang
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introduced local color
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louthurborg
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period began in 1660 when who was restored to the throne
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charles II
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who closed theatre in 1642?
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oliver cromwell
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choreographer turned director, won tony's for rogers follies and grand hotel
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Tommy Tune
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Wrote Sex, Drugs, and Rock and Roll
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Eric Bogosian
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Fires in the Mirror written by
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Anna Deavere Smith
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first corporate musical
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beauty and the beast
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died in 2008, wrote birthday party
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harold pinter
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name some films adapted to musical after 2000 and suceeded
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shrek, legally blonde, the producers, etc
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name some films adapted to musical after 2000 that tanked
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101 dalmations, spiderman, young frankenstein
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US president during WWI
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Wilson
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Brecht's style became known as
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epic theatre
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who had an acting style opposite to stanislavski
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meyerhold
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what is the most significant difference between Elizabethan and Restoration drama
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moral tone
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first female playwright to earn a living writing
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aphra behn
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when did the restoration peroid begin
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in 1660 after Charles II was restored to the throne
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what were dominate forms of comedy in the restoration
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comedies of intrigue and manners
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who formed the acting group called The Kings Men
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Thomas Killigrew
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Who had the monopoly on the theatre in london during the restoration
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Davenant and Killigrew
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Who wrote the Busy Body?
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Susanna Centilivre
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What was unique about the theatres during the restoration
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the aprons were as large as the upstage area
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what type of payment system was used in the restoration
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contract system
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who coined the term female wit
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catharine trotter
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who was a leading actor on the stage during the restoration
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thomas betterton
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who wrote the most heoric tragedy int he restoration
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dryden
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who was the most prolific female wit
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mary pix
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the restoration ended when with the death of who
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1702, king william
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this theatre was converted from a tennis court
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lincoln's inn fields
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who wrote the country wife
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william wycherly
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who abolished theatrebefore 1660
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oliver cromwell
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restoration theatre articheture was influenced most by...
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the italians
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restoration comedy was most concened with
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london
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which theatre did thomas killigrew nuild with the patent from Charles II
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Drury Lane
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Rembrandt and Bach demonstrated this style of art
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Baroque
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who were the masters of scenic design in italy and europe for 100 years
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bibiena family
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who was an actor manager who called for a more natural style of acting
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david garrick
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diderot wrote several plays to demonstrate his idea of drame, name one
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the natural style or the proofs of virtue
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When william hallum went bankrupt, he sent some actors and his brother to start an acting company where?
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america
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where was the first theatre in american built?
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williamsburg, VA
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which type of comedy reaffirms middle classmorality
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sentimental
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clarion and dumesnil were rivals due to...
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Clarion adopting a less declamatory more natural speaking style
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johann wolfgang von goeth's goetz von berlichingen is an example of
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storm and stress drama
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david garrick managed which theatre
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convent garden theatre
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who was instrumental in transforming the theatre at Weimar
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Goethe
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Richard Brinsley Sheridan went into politics after writing what play
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The Critic
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Local color was introduced into English scenic design by
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Philippe de loutherbourg
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In Italy, a battle ensued over a realistic approac to commedia between these two peopl
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Goldoni and Gozzi
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the 18th century was known as
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the age of enlightenment
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who wrote school for scandall
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richard brinsley sheridan
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a major early artistic style during the 18th century
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Baroque
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Goetz von Berlichingen was a strum und drang play bt
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Goethe
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who wrote the paradox of acting
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diderot
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in school for scandal, lady sneerwell has snake leave a note alluding to a tryst with charles and who else
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lady teazle
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what new for of entertainment originated from the english during the 18th century
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ballad opera
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what family would become the first acting comany in america
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hallam
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what is the frist noteworthy chicano play to move to broadway
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zoot suit
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the dvd was produced how many years ago
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16
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who was the most influential playwright of the 20th century?
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samuel beckett
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what theatre did august wilson found
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black horizon's theatre company in pittsburg
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who was the most noteworthy asian american playwright of the 20th century?
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David henry hwang
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Who wrote theatre of the oppressed, what nationality and profession
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Augusto Boal, brazillian director and theorist
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first female playwright to win the pulitzer in 1997 for how i learned to drive
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paula vogel
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a theatre directed by elizabeth lecompte noted for deconstructing well known texts and tackle social issues
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wooster group
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who wrote the glengarry ross and oleanna
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david mamet
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most prominent african american performance artist currently working in the us. wrote twilight and fires in mirror
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anna deavere smith
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first corporate musical
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beauty and the beast
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known for monster in a box, monologuist discusses personal concerns to politics
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spalding gray
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british invasion of 70's and 80's only countered by
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stephen sondheim
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angels in america written by
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tony kushner
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number of plays in august wilson's american cycle
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ten
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two american playwrights noted for work in film
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david mamet and sam shephard
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founded the rediculous tehatre company
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charles ludlam
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wrote the piano lesson
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august wilson
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wrote into the woods
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stephen sondheim
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experimental company known for producing becket's plays directed by joanne akalaitis
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mabou mines
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what was theatre like before the fall of the soviet union
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state sponsored avaiable and affordable but censored
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what was theatre like after the fall of the soviet union
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little funding but no censoring
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when in Havel's career was the memorandum published
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before his presidency
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who got great acclaim in US after performing in NY at cafe la mama
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Tadeusz kantor
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most of kantor's work was a rellion against...
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institutionalized approach to avant-garde theatre of the 50's and 60's
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Laterna magika
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the use of screens
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What did Svboda believe about the set and actors
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the set should work with the actors as a whole
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who wrote closer
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marber
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nigerian playwright best known for play the swamp dwellser
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wole soyinka
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Timberlake Wertenbaker's our country's good is set where
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australia
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main theatre centers after the soviet untion
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st. petersberg and moscow
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who coined the phrase kinetic stage
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svoboda
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who wrote the cuttlefish and the water hen, director, scenic and visual artist
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Kantor
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Rozancrantaz and gildenstern are dead portray the charters while doing what
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offstage
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theatre between 1946 and 1955 reflected the... with works by...
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social unrest.. arthur miller
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who introduced the concept of selective realism
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tennessee williams and arthur miller
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death of a salesman
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main character willie loman, written by tennessee williams, never known if ever sucessful.
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name two works by tennessee williams
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streetcar named desire, cat on a hot tin roof, death of a salesman
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selective realism
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heightens certain details of action while omitting others
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what was the drama in Who's afraid of virginia woolf before it was put on at what theatre
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it was rejected by several producers before it premiered at the schiller theatre in berlin
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who created enviornmental theatre
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jerzy grotowski
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was noted for his nonsensical language in his plays that demonstrated the futialiaty of communication
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eugene ionesco
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Ionesco's best works
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Rinocourous and bald saprano
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who wrote children's hour and little foxes
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lillian hellman
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director of circle in the square theatr
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jose quinterro
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off broadway producer who opened the new york shakespeare festival and opened the public theatre
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Joseph Papp
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julian beck and judith malina formed which theatre in 1946
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the living theatre
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a major movement in NY during 1946-1955
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off broadway
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samuel beckett's work best described as which movement
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absurdist theatre
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which were the first two regional theatres to open in 1949
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the alley theatre and the arena stage theatre
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the most respected us director in the 40's and 50's
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richard schechner
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south pacific and the king and i in the peroid '46-'55 were two musicals by...
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rogers and hammersteins
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who wrote who's afraid of virginia woolfe
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edward albee
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director of the polish laboratory theatre
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grotowski
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the existential movement is best exemplified in this play by sarte
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no exit
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martin esslin cointed this term in his book of the same name written in 1961
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theatre of the absurd
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wrote caretaker and the birthday party
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pinter
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1967 american tribal love rock musical
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hair
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first concept musical
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hair
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the end of the golden age of the book musical was in 1964 with what show
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fiddler on the roof
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when was dr. e born
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1955
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who developed the elevator stage and at what theater
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steele mackaye at the madison square theatre
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what movement had great impact ont he 19th centruy
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romanticism
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playwright and actress
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anna cora mowatt
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what show by who was said to be ahead of his time and introduced the antihero
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georg buchner's woyzeck
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most famous russian actor of the time peroid
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mikhail shchepkin
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the popularity of theatre between 1800-1875...
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has not been equaled
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best known for her work in theatre management
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sarah siddons
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these two actresses dominated the international stage in late 19th century
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sarah bernhardt and eleonora duse
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most predominant genre in the 19th centruy
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melodrama
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noted for his success in playing of the comic yankee
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james hackett
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one of the basicc elements of the well made play
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cause and effect develement
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george farquars best play
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the beaux's stratigem
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major theatre artichet english restoration
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christopher wrenn
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restoration actress from the slums to fame
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nell gwynn
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2 most importatn philospohers in restoration
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hobbes and locke
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who teamed up with johen gotched to improve german theatre
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caroline neuber
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who wrote the hamburg dramaturgy
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gothold lessing
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american buffalo was written by
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david mamet
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author costared in his own play bette and boo
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christopher durang
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best known anglophone playwright
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athol fugard
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Who was John Philip Kemble
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Ruled the English stage with his sister, Sarah Siddons
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american actor who managed the winter garden theatre in NY, gave shakespearian performances said to be unrivaled at the time
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Edwin booth
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wrote under the gaslight
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augustin daly
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who wrote metamora for edwin forrest
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jonathan augustus stone
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who created the concept of the mystic chasm or gulf
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richard wagner
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most violent theatre riot took place at
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astor place
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who gets tied to the railroad tracks in under the gaslight
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snorkey
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what two developments besides the burgeoning middle class, technology and leisure time created such a great demand for theatre and entertainment in the 19th century
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industrialization and urbanization
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who wrote the inspector general
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meyerhold
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who started the moscow art theatre
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stanislavski and nemirovich-danchenko
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the genere of comedy of manners lay dormant since sheridan's school for scandal untill it was revived by
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oscar wilde's lady windermere's fan
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a tenent of realism
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humans are basically animals and will do anything to survive
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subject for naturalistic plays
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lower class
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main proponent of naturalism in france
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emile zola
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checkov berated stanislavski for...
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neglecting the humor in his plays
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An Enemy of the people
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Dr. stockman attacked for finding the germs that were poising the water int he baths
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founded the theatre libre
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andre antoine
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the lafayette players
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an african american theatre troupe that proved to white audiences that AA's were capable of producing serious drama
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The cherry orchard
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written by chechov, reflects the changing class structure of turn of the century russia
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first professional american female playwright
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martha morton
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a ballad of reading goal
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written by wilde after spending 2 years in prison for being romantically involved with lord alfred
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chairman on the board for freie buhne
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otto brahm
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the father of modern drama
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ibsen
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a dream play
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symbolism play
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stanislavski technique emphasizes...
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given circumstances, concentration and observation, through-line of the the role,
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the first auetur director
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meyerhold
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best known for his constructivist settings
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meyerhold
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extreme form of realism
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naturalism
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Ibsen wrote most of his early plays here
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Italy
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what types of plays have little or no action
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symbolism
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why does Lopakhin want to destroy the cherry orchard in the cherry orchard
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it represents enslavement of his serf family aristocracy
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what major theatrical form was developed in china in the 19th century
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peking opera
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india native won the nobel prize for literature in 1913
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tagore
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strindberg had apsychotic episode after writing this play (cause he's crazy)
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a dream play
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the period between WWI and WWII offered
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escape from harsh realities and refelcted social upheavials
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how many times was brecht married, name one of his wives?
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twice, helene weigel was second wife
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group theatre's first original playwright
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clifford odets
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which theatre artists had to flee germany to get away from the third reich
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max reinhart, erwin piscator and bertolt brecht
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which theatre did eva le gallienne run from 1926-1933
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civic rep theatre
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dada
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switzerland, opposed war
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first tv broadcast
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1936
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actors in the 20th century who started their careers in the 30's
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olivier, richardson, gielgud and barrymore
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acclaimed for his realistic acting of hamlet and richard the III
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barrymore
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best known for his adaptation of Antigone
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jean anouih
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wrote our town
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thorton wilder
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expelled from the surrealist movement by andre breton
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antonin artaud
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one of the best known african american playwrights of the 1930's
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ethel waters
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the company known for it's controversial living newspaper
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federal theatre project
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director who ran old vic and started theatres in canada and america
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tyrone guthrie
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agitprop
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agitation + propaganda- political theatre to push a political point of view
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problems with the federal theatre and his passion for justice led this playwright to write plays that would champion human liberties
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elmer rice
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clifford odettes most important work
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awake and sing
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eugene o'neills first play that won him acclaim
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beyond the horizion
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the first and only playwright to recieve a nobel prize for literature
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eugene oneill
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premise of pirandells 6 characters in search of an author
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author created he characters but didn't give them a play so they are looking for someone to make a play for them to live
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