Director's Thr

Question 1

Peter Brook

Answer 1

-writer, producer, director, adapter
-Brit, 1940’s to present: World’s Most…?
-Fights realism, wants to explore
-was co-director of RSC in 1962
-International Centre of Thr Research (1970, Paris)
1963-hr of cruelty season
1964-THE PERSECUTION AND ASSASS. OF JEAN PAUL MAARAT AS PERF. BY INMATES OF THE ASYLUM OF CHARENTOWN UNDER THE ….OF THE MARQUIS DE SADE: historical play w/in play
1970-MIDSUMMER: white box, circus tech, simple costumes, minimalist, text-centered
1983- LA TRAGEIDE DE CARMEN : the opera, the champion of text
1985-Mahatbarata:epic Indian Poem adapted, 9 hrs, nature based
1988-CHERRY ORCHARD: deconstructed the, peeled walls, oriental rugs

Question 2

The Empty Space

Answer 2

1968-Peter Brook, His writing
Deadly Thr -spectacle/expensive
Rough Thr-primitive, real
Holy the- transcendent
Immediate the-not museum the, connectable, relatable

Question 3

directing

Answer 3

directors can conceptualize and communicate ideas that are NOT on the page

Question 4

Contemporary Directors

Answer 4

• Ariane Mnouchkine
• Anne Bogart
• Tadaski Suzuki
• Mike Nichols
• Julie Taymor

Question 5

-Anne Bogart

Answer 5

violence piece
anti-stanislavski, real physical
created “viewpoints”
SARATOGA INTERNATIONAL THR INSTITUTE (rural training)
-SOUTH PACIFIC (thorough military vet. hopsitals like Marat-sade)

Question 6

Tadaski Suzuki

Answer 6

• American, 1970’s-today
• Saratoga Interantion Thr Institute
• Dance like martial arts physical method
• Great for classical acting

Question 7

Mike Nichols

Answer 7

-American 1960’s-2014
-Started as a comedian
SPAMALOT, REAL THING, ODD COUPLE
DEATH OF SALESMAN
films: birdcage, closer, who’s afraid…wolf, angels in america (HBO)

Question 8

-Ariane Mnouchkine

Answer 8

(french, 1960’s, Thr du Soleil, enviorntmental settings and spaces)

Question 9

Julie Taymor

Answer 9

American 1980’s-today
-puppetry, Indian tech, African aesthetic or LION KING
-1st woman to win Tony for direction
ACROSS THE UNIVERSE
SPIDERMAN: TURN OFF THE DARK-most expensive musical ever)
THE TEMPEST
LION KING

Question 10

MOVEMENT THR

Answer 10

dance concert v. dance thr

• susan stroman
• Matthew Bourne

Question 11

Susan Stroman

Answer 11

CONTACT-lincoln cntr , dance story

SCOTTSBORO BOYS -last rodgers and hammerstein, misntrel strcuture

Question 12

Matthew Bourne

Answer 12

SWAN LAKE-all male, conceptualizes
CARMEN as CAR MAN, AN AUTO EROTIC DANCE EXPERIENCE
PLAY WITHOUT WORDS-main character/altar ego

Question 13

OTHER DANCE STUFF

Answer 13

STOMP-no story, percussion
BLUE MAN GROUP-magic/vegas type
DE LA GUARDA -show takes place over heads of audience

Question 14

the of images

Answer 14

Robert Wilson

• TIME ROCKER
• EINSTEIN AT THE BEACH (PHILIP GLASS MUSIC)