Final Exam Flashcards
Fires in the Mirror
Smith
USA
1990’s
Endgame
Beckett
Ireland
1950’s
Angels in America
Kushner
USA
1990’s
M. Butterfly
Hwang
USA
1980’s
Mother Courage
Brecht
Germany
1930’s
Los Vendidos
Valdez
America
1960s
Fences
Wilson
America
1980’s
Cloud 9
Churchill
UK
1970’s
The relation of Beckett’s Endgame to Absurdist philosophy and theatrical technique.
1) Existentialism-World is god-less and meaningless. The characters often discuss how there is no hope and future
2) Self-enclosed settings- Minimalist designs
3) Characters locked into routine, they do the same thing everyday and it never changes
4) The Language doesn’t communicate well to others
The relation of Wilson’s Fences to the tradition of American Poetic Realism, and to earlier Realist/Naturalist plays we have read.
Doll House/Uncle Vanya:
1) Symbolism was added
2) Inner form is well-made/ linear ( ex:
3) breaks outer framework of well made play
4) Character represents more than self, use archetypal characteristics
5) Add music/ dream sequences
The role of cultural stereotyping in several plays, such as Cloud Nine, M Butterfly, and Los Vendidos.
Cloud 9- gender/sexuality ex: Man plays woman, doubling of characters
M. Butterfly- Orientalism, West vs East
Los Vendidos- Mexican Charachters, all robots
The major similarities and differences between the story told in the graphic novel Fun Home and the musical adapted from the novel.
- 3 new allisons
- 2 songs discussed
- give 2 similarities/2 differences
- OCD
- Fathers abuse/ attitude
Brechtian theatre techniques
1) Anti-Illusionistic: Realism
2) Anti-Aristotelian: Against well made play
3) Metatheatrical: Audience is aware they are watching a play
4) Dialectial: Make an argument about society
5) V-Effect: Don’t feel lost in the story, observe the key points
6) Historicization: Staging as if dramatic events are taking place in the past
7) Gestus: Theatrical element making them a stereotype as to say this is them in society
