Exam 2

Question 1

What are Henrik Ibsen’s famous plays?

Answer 1

Hedda Gabler
Doll’s House
An Enemy of the People

Question 2

What are Anton Chekov’s famous plays?

Answer 2

The Sea Gull
The Cherry Orchard
The Three Sisters
Uncle Vanya

Question 3

What are George Shaw’s famous plays?

Answer 3

Major Barbara
Candida
Man and Superman
Pygmalion

Question 4

What are Konstantin Stanislavski’s famous contributions to theatre?

Answer 4

Impacted acting techniques
Co-founded the Moscow Art Theatre
Directed Checkov’s plays
Wanted to push the boundaries of the audience

Question 5

What are the 7 Stanislavski techniques?

Answer 5

Relaxation, concentration and observation, specifics, subtext, given circumstances, objectives, kinesthetic responses

Question 6

What are August Strindberg’s famous plays?

Answer 6

Dance of Death
Master Olaf
The Father
Miss Julie
To Damascus
A Dream Play
The Ghost Sonata

Question 7

What kind of person was August Strindberg?

Answer 7

Had a rough childhood (Swedish)
Turned his experiences into plays
Plays were about the battle of sexes
Heralded the arrival of realistic theatre

Question 8

What is the history behind the Moscow Art Theatre?

Answer 8

Influenced by the Duke’s Saxe-Meiningen
Stanslivaski and denchenko founded the theatre
Premiered Checkov’s plays (The Sea Gull)
Everyone came together as a group (created a common language)

Question 9

What kind of a person was George Shaw?

Answer 9

Was an Irish playwright
Credited with English theatre
Outspoken critic and socialist
Characterized realistic comedy of manners

Question 10

What is Realism?

Answer 10

Actors dressed and acted as ordinary people
Sensitive about social issues
Naturalism was an extreme form of realism

Question 11

What kind of person was Henrik Ibsen?

Answer 11

Born in Norway
Founder of realism
Middle of his career is where his best work lies
Major theme was destructive power of society on an individual
Known for his mastery of dramtic technique, poetic symbolism, and psychological insights on human nature
Extremely controversial plays

Question 12

What kind of person was Anton Chekov?

Answer 12

Particular master of tragic comedies
Playwright for the Moscow Art Theatre
Wrote mostly about ordinary people in small towns and farms

Question 13

What kind of a person was Von Goethe?

Answer 13

Responsible for a number of German theatre innovations
Director, playwright, critic, philosopher, minister
Goethe and Schiller believed drama should transcend ordinary experiences and reveal ideal truths

Question 14

What are Von Goethe’s famous plays?

Answer 14

Goetz Von Berlichingen
Rules for Actors
Faust

Question 15

What kind of person was Francois Delsarte?

Answer 15

Major acting theorist and teacher
Believed actors should show emotion through gestures, etc.
Delsarte Acting Method required acting physicalizations be based on observations of everyday life

Question 16

What kind of person was Sarah Bernhardt?

Answer 16

Known as Madame Sarah
Slept in a coffin
Her voice is what made her famous
She made her entrance at Comeide Francaise
Dominated the stage in the later part of the 19th century
Was a writer and sculptor

Question 17

What kind of person was Richard Wagner?

Answer 17

Was an opera composer and stage and directing theorists
One of his theories was masterwork and total theatre
Grew up in Liepzig, Germany

Question 18

What are Richard Wagner’s famous plays?

Answer 18

The Flying Dutchman
Tanhausser
Lohengrin
Opera and drama
Art and Revolution
The Ring of Nibelung
Rienzi

Question 19

Who was the Duke of Saxe-Meiningen?

Answer 19

Late 19th century innovator in stage direction
Influenced the Moscow Art Theatre
Married a Prussian and German princesses
Was in favor of German and Prussia unification

Question 20

Who was Vsevelod Meyerhold?

Answer 20

His importance for theatre became noticed after the Russian Rev.
Became a leading Russian Theatricalist
External anti-realistic movement
Played a role in The Sea Gull
Used techniques such as commedia del arte, vaudeville, and circus

Question 21

What was Meyerhold’s famous play?

Answer 21

The Magnificent Cuckhold
The Inspector General
Rigoletto

Question 22

Who was Maurice Maeterlinck?

Answer 22

Belgian playwright who was a champion of symbolist theatre

Theatre should depict no outward reality but inner feelings and moods (shadows, reflections, and projections)

Question 23

What was Maeterlinck’s famous plays?

Answer 23

The Intruder
The Blind
Pelleas and Melisande

Question 24

Who were Glibert and Sullivan?

Answer 24

British composers that were matchable at their peek
Characters had funny names
Movie about the 2 of them
Begin to see Patter song

Question 25

What were Glibert and Sullivan’s famous plays?

Answer 25

The Pirates Penzance

Mikado and HMS Pinafore

Question 26

Who were Gershwin, Porter, and Rogers and Hart?

Answer 26

They were outstanding composers that made musicals for Broadway.

Question 27

Who was Florenz Ziegfeld?

Answer 27

Broadway producer

Made his reputation with annual productions of Ziegfeld Follies

Question 28

Who was Luigi Pirandello and what was his famous work?

Answer 28

An Italian novelist and playwright
Very conservative
Great influence of the absurdist movement
Won the Nobel Prize for His bold and brilliant renovation of theatre stage in 1934 after he wrote 6 Characters
Famous work: 6 Characters

Question 29

Who was Federico Lorca and what were his famous works?

Answer 29

A Spanish playwright, poet, and director
Known for the lyricism in his plays
His plays critiqued the Spanish government
Was assassinated days before Spanish civil war
Famous works: Blood Wedding, The House of Bernarda Alba