Final - Playwrites

Question 1

Identify the major American playwrites

Answer 1

Eugene O'Neill
Clifford Odette 
Tennessee Williams
Author Miller
August Wilson
Wendy Wasserstein

Question 2

Eugene O’Neill

Answer 2

Genre: Realism
Wrote: Long Days Journey Into Night, and Iceman Commeth, and many more.

Era: Several of his plays were written in the 1920’s (pullizter prize winning “Long Days Journey into Night was written in the early twenties) and he continued writing plays into the early 1940’s.

Question 3

Clifford Odets

Answer 3

Works: Awake and Sing! Waiting for Lefty
Genre/Style: Naturalism/waiting for lefty is political theatre
Era: mid 1930’s

Question 4

Tennessee Williams

Answer 4

Works: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Glass Menagerie
Genre/style: Realism
Era: Several of Tennessee Williams’ most famous works were written in the 40’s and 50 however, Tenneessee Williams kept writing plays till the early 70’s.

Question 5

Arthur Miller

Answer 5

Works: A View From the Bridge, Death of a Salesman
Genre/style: realism
Era: 1950’s

Question 6

August Wilson

Answer 6

Works: Fences, The Piano Lesson
Genre/style: African American Theatre
Era: late 70’s early 80’s

Question 7

Wendy Wasserstein

Answer 7

Works: The Heidi Chronicles, uncommon women and others
Genre/style: Women’s Theatre
Era: late 1970’s through the early 90’s