Drama Flashcards
Which author, best known for his Pittsburgh Cycle, wrote the plays Fences and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom?
August Wilson
Which playwright, who won 2 Pulitzer Prizes for plays that explore the African-American experience in the 20th century, wrote The Piano Lesson?
August Wilson
This British playwright is best known for his absurdist take on Hamlet. Who wrote Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead?
Tom Stoppard
His notable works include plays The Real Thing and Arcadia, which intertwines past and present through themes of chaos theory and literature. Who also co-wrote the screenplay for the Academy award-winning film, Shakespeare in Love?
Tom Stoppard
This American playwright is known for her sharp social critiques and female characters. Who wrote the play, The Children’s Hour, focusing on two women who run a girls’ school?
Lillian Hellman
This American playwright was targeted by the House Un-American Activities Committee during the McCarthy era. Who wrote the anti-fascist drama, Watch on the Rhine?
Lillian Hellman
This drama was a biting critique of greed and corruption in the American South, centered on the ruthless Hubbard Family. Who wrote The Little Foxes?
Lillian Hubbard
In this tragedy, a woman kills her children before flying away in a chariot. Who wrote Medea?
Euripedes
Eugene O’Neill based this drama on the mythological story of Theseus, Hippolytus, and Phaedra. Name it.
Desire Under the Elms
This play retells the story of Theseus, Hippolytus, and Phaedra using hard-hearted Ephraim Cabot, his three sons, and a rural 19th century New England setting. Who wrote Desire Under the Elms?
Eugene O’Neill
This groundbreaking drama about Nora and Torvald Helmer and societal expectations was written by what “father of modern drama?”
Henrik Ibsen
This playwright wrote Ghosts, a shocking drama about inherited sin and An Enemy of the People, about the dangers of truth-telling and going against the majority. Who also wrote Hedda Gabler?
Henrik Ibsen
This playwright wrote Hedda Gabler, a portrait of an ambitious woman trapped in a stifling society. Who also wrote The Wild Duck, an exploration of self-delusion about the Ekdal family?
Henrik Ibsen
Major Barbara is a satire centering on Barbara Undershaft, a strong-willed and idealistic young woman working as a Major in the Salvation Army. Who wrote it?
George Bernard Shaw
This author of Major Barbara also wrote a comedy about the battle of the sexes, featuring the famous Don Juan in Hell act. Who wrote Man and Superman?
George Bernard Shaw
In this Anton Chekhov play, Konstantin tries to regain Nina’s love by shooting the title animal. Name this play.
The Seagull
This Russian playwright’s works include Uncle Vanya, The Three Sisters, and The Cherry Orchard.
Anton Chekhov
The Theban Plays, as well as Electra and Philoctetes, were written by which playwright, who set one of his best known tragedies in his hometown of Colonus?
Sophocles
Naturalism and psychology combined to form his Expressionist dramas. Who wrote Miss Julie and The Ghost Sonata?
August Strindberg
The title of a realist-absurdist play by Edward Albee, whose only characters are Nick, George, Honey, and Martha, includes the name of which author?
Virginia Woolf
