Global Theatre (condensed)

Question 1

China + singing + acrobatics + mime

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Peking Oprea (China)

Question 2

Poetry + beards + interaction=

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Los Tzantzicos (Ecudaor)

Question 3

Post-WWII + avant-garde + white body paint

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Butoh Theatre (Japan)

Question 4

alism + taboo topics + lower class

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Henrik Isben (Norway)

Question 5

comedy + pompous characters + religious commentary

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Moliere (France)

Question 6

won 1986 Nobel Prize for Literature; the first African Laureate to win

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Wole Soyinka (Nigeria)

Question 7

entire country went into mourning upon my death

Answer 7

Lope de Vega (Spain)

Question 8

one of the most famous playwrights of all time; another one of his is opening this fall!

Answer 8

Antov Chekhov (Russia)

Question 9

his plays was banned from my country, but their reasoning was a bit contradictory..

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Chay Yew (Singapore)

Question 10

wrote “the Family Trilogy,” and other pieces about apartheid and racial segregation

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Athol Fugard (South Africa)

Question 11

Marcel Marceau, Jean Gaspard Deburau, Paul Degrand

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Mime (France)

Question 12

Wood, string, rod

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Russian Puppetry (Russia)

Question 13

one of the oldest forms of theatre (1,500 BC)

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Sanskirt (India)

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Evolved from masquerade, involving dance, music, and chanting

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Yoruba Theatre

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Damaged by airstrikes in WWII

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Slovak National Theatre

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Three Theatres Responding to opression

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Haitian Theatre, Los Tzanicos, Theatre of the Oppressed

Question 17

Theatre of the Oppressed

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Brazil

Question 18

Pecking Oprea

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Martial arts, mime, acrobatics, speech, and singing (specialized high pitched vocal technique)

Question 19

Zarzeula

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Cuba/Phillippenes
Spanish musical theater that combines operatic and theatrical elements. It typically features a mix of spoken dialogue, song, and dance and often incorporates elements of Spanish culture and folklore.
- Response to dominance of Italian opera

Question 20

Chay Yew

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wrote about LGBT issues
Singaporean government took down his show for contradictory reasons

Question 21

Anton Chekov

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Russia
Realism and stream of concioussness
- Plays to spread awareness that Russians should make their own decisions
“Plasticisty”

Question 22

Commedia del-Arte

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Italy
- improvised comedy
acrobatics and dance
characters wore masks

Question 23

Mime

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France
Jean Gaspard Deburau father of mime
Marcel Marceav (most popular)
black and white clothing/face
Theory of fixed points

Question 24

Sanskirt

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India
Oldest theatre practice
dancing, singing, poetry

Question 25

Noh Theatre

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Japan
About religious stories or tormented humans
masks worn
-Handmade props and set

Question 26

Lope De Vega

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Spain
Whole country mourned
seen as Spanish Shakespeare for how he wrote about the “ordinary life”
- combined Spanish and dramatic elements with three acts

Question 27

Hatian Theatre

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Hati
Response to oppressed
Types of dance: Yanvalo and Kanpo
Preformed at Yanvalo Cafe
white clothing

Question 28

George Bernad Shaw

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UK

Question 29

Los Tzanticos

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Ecuador

Question 30

Henrik Isben

Answer 30

German