THAR 281 Exam 2: people Questions With Complete Answers

Ibsen - ANS -founder of modern realism -Norwegian -producer of theatre in Bergen -theme: the individual amid conflicting social pressures Famous works: Hedda Gabler, A Doll's House, An Enemy of the People Chekhov - ANS -Moscow Art Theatre -innovative dramatic techniques -action and characters are understated -Famous works: The Sea Gull (failure), Uncle Vanya, The Three Sisters Shaw - ANS -Irish -critic for magazine Saturday Review -plays published as Plays Pleasant and Unpleasant -realistic comedies of manner-witty take on social problems Famous Works: Candida, Major Barbara, Man and Superman, Pymalion, Saint Joan (My Fair Lady), Arms and the Man Strindberg - ANS -departure from realism -expressionistic, symbolism and unrealistic action shifts -influenced surrealist movement and theatre of the absurd -Famous Works: Miss Julie, A Dream Play Goethe - ANS -German theatre -director*, playwright, critic, philosopher, minister of the court -"storm and stress"-rejected dramatic rules; adventures of independent heroes (romanticism) -actors should address audience, not each other -"Rules for Actors" set of regulations -Famous Works: Goetz con Berlichingen, Faust Delsarte - ANS -major acting theorist and teacher of 19th century -actors could convey emotion and thought through specific gestures coordinated with vocal inflections -system rejected by modern realists b/c did not allow for individual characterizations -stressed as a source of artistic inspiration Sarah Bernhardt - ANS -flamboyant 19th century actress -debut at Comedie Francaise -master of stage technique -chief asset=voice -opposite of quiet Eleonora Duse Wagner - ANS -opera composer, stage and directing theorist -"Gesamtkunstwerk"-all elements (music, words, action, scenery, lighting) are integrated as total theatre -one person should serve as writer, composer, and director (controlling, unifying figure) -important innovations for increasing stage illusion -first director to extinguish house lights to focus audience attention on stage -Famous Works: The Flying Dutchman, The Ring Cycle, Tristan and Isolde Georg II, duke of Saxe-Meiningen - ANS -crucial 19th century innovator in stage direction -enlightened monarch -historical accuracy, rich fabrics, authentic decor, carpets (enormous wealth) -Meiningen Company director along with Chronegk (actor in company) and Ellen Franz (third wife)