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1
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Realism

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Seeks Truth
Everyday Life

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Naturalism

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Slice of Life

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3
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Emile Zola

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Founder of Naturalist Movement

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Henrik Ibsen

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Founder of Modern Drama

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5
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Avant-garde

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Something out of the norm

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Symbolism

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Would not represent real human beings

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7
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August Strindberg

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Most famous symbolic playwright

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8
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Expeessionism

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Distortion
Exaggeration
Symbolism

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9
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Berlot Brecht

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“Epic Theatre”

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10
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Antonio Artaud

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“Theatre of Cruelty”

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Existentialism

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Believed that life had a little meaning

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12
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Theatre of Absurd

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Samuel Beckett absurdist playwright

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13
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Environmental Theatre

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Where the play takes place

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14
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The African Grove Theatre

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First black theatre

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15
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Ira Aldridge

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The first African American actor

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16
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The Escape

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Black people black audience
White people white audience

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17
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Thomas Rice

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Jim Crow

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18
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Minstrelsy

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Most popular form of entertainment

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19
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Bert Williams

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First black person to take lead role in broadway stage

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20
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In Dahomey

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Landmark American musical comedy

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21
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Rachel

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First full-length musical

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22
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Shuffle Along

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The musical introduced Paul Robeson

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The Harlem Renaissance

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New York blacks Artist

24
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Federal Theatre Project

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Largest to produce theatre events

25
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Hattie McDaniel

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First African American Actor to win Academy Awards

26
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A Raisin in the Sun

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Lorraine Hansberry famous play

27
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The Black Arts Movement

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Art was made and created for black people

28
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Smirk Baraja

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Strongest Proponent for the black art movement

29
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Ntozake Shane

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Play for colored girls

30
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August Wilson

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Author of the century cycle of plays

31
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Suzan-Lori Parks

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First black woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for drama

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Lloyd Richards

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Broadway first black director

33
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George C Wolfe

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Head of New Yorks Public Theatre

34
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Katori Hall

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Memphis Tennessee

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Opera

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A drama set to entirely music

36
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Renvue

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Loosely composed of songs

37
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Book musical

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Developed in United States
A story spoken through text dance

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Rock/Pop

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A drama set entirely to rock or popular music

39
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Composer

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Person who creates music

40
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Lyricist

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Who writes the words
Lyrics

41
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Book

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Dialogue that’s spoken

42
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The black crook

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Ordinary melodrama

43
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George M Cohan

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He wrote about American subjects

44
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Runnin Wild

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Introduces dance craze the Charleston

45
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Showboat

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First musical with depth

46
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Oscar Hammerstein and Richard Rodgers

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Most important musical writing team

47
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Oklahoma

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Hammerstein and Rodgers first collaboration

48
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West Side Story

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Choreography

49
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Hair

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Rock musical

50
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Concept musical

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Musical build on concept or idea

51
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Stephen Sondheim

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King of concept musicals

52
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Dream girls

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Broadway musical show for business aspirations

53
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Spectacle Mega Musicals

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Notable Effects

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Andrew Lloyd Webber

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Created spectacular musicals

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Johnathan Larson

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Write rent

56
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Jukebox Musical

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Mamma Mia

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