Chapter 13

Question 1

Who is the founder of realism?

Answer 1

Henrik Ibsen

Question 2

Who wrote extensively for the Fabian Society?

Answer 2

George Bernard Shaw

Question 3

What can be seen as a subdivision or realism?

Answer 3

Naturalism

Question 4

How workers gained economic and political power

Answer 4

Unions

Question 5

What did Stanislavski and Danchenko found?

Answer 5

The Moscow Art Theatre

Question 6

What kind of drama had almost no plot action; rather, it often took the form of lyric drama?

Answer 6

Symbolist Drama

Question 7

Who altered our way of understanding as he explored his theory of relativity?

Answer 7

Albert Einstein

Question 8

What two men modern stage designs with?

Answer 8

Adolph Appia and Edward Gordon Craig

Question 9

What is the national theatre of Ireland?

Answer 9

Abbey Theatre

Question 10

Who was Stanislavski’s counterpart in the external, antirealistic movement in theatre?

Answer 10

Vsevelode Meyerhold

Question 11

Who was the most famous proponent of naturalism?

Answer 11

E’mile Zola

Question 12

Who berated Stanislavski for neglecting the humor in his plays?

Answer 12

Anton Chekov

Question 13

Who is generally considered to be the most successful symbolist dramatist?

Answer 13

Maurice Maeterlinck

Question 14

What consisted of skeletal frames, ramps, stairways, and platforms that were highly theatrical, not intended to be representational?

Answer 14

Constructivist Sets

Question 15

Who developed the most famous system for training performers to act realistically?

Answer 15

Konstantin Stanislavski

Question 16

Modern Realism

Answer 16

Henrik Ibsen

Question 17

Naturalism

Answer 17

E’mile Zola

Question 18

Biomechanics

Answer 18

Vsevelode Meyerhold

Question 19

Realistic Acting System

Answer 19

Konstantin Stanislavski

Question 20

The Moscow Art Theatre

Answer 20

Vladimir Danchenko

Question 21

Modern Stage Design

Answer 21

Adolph Appia

Question 22

Heartbreak House

Answer 22

George Bernard Shaw

Question 23

The Cherry Orchard

Answer 23

Anton Chekov

Question 24

Miss Julie

Answer 24

August Strindberg

Question 25

The Playboy of the Western World

Answer 25

John Millington Synge

Question 26

What are the aspects of the emergence of realism in theatre?

Answer 26

Realism sought to convince their audiences that the stage action represented everyday life.
The action onstage resembled what people could observe around them : characters, spoke, and dressed like ordinary people.
Realists believed no subject matter should be excluded from the stage; the purpose of drama was to call the audience’s attention to social problems in order to bring about change
Realists refused to make simple moral judgements or to resolve these conflicts neatly
Unlike popular mlodrmas, realistic plays frequently implied that morality and immorality were relative- not easy to distinguish or define
instead of stock characters, realists created complicated personalities who would seem to have been molded by both heredity and environment.
The language of these characters were colloquial and conversational

Question 27

What are the four full titles of Ibsen’s realistic social dramas of his middle period?

Answer 27

The Pillar’s of Society
A Doll’s House
Ghosts
An Enemy of the People, and Hedda Gabler

Question 28

What are the broad aims of the exercises and techniques for the actor Stanislavski developed?

Answer 28

To make the outward behavior of the performer - gesture, voice, and rhythm of movements- natural convincing
To have the actor convey the goals and objectives (the inner needs) of a character
To make the life of the character onstage not only dynamic but also continuous
To develop a strong sense of ensemble playing with the with the other performers in the scene

Question 29

What biomechanics and constructivist sets are and who created them?

Answer 29

Biomechanics an acting system which emphasized external physical trained and performance style, and he suggested the actor’s body could be trained to operate like a machine.
Constuctivist sets provided machines for his performers to work on. Set consisted of skeletal frames, ramps, staiways, and platforms that were highly theatrical, not intended to be representational.
Created by Vsevelode Meyerhold