Quiz 5 Flashcards
Jean Cocteau was
sometimes surrealist poet, playwright, filmmaker, stage designer, painter, sculptor, novelist
= an Orpheus
Jean Cocteau met
Serge Diaghilev in 1909
1910s, Diaghilev had said
“Jean, Etonnez- Moi”
= Amazed me
Diaghilev inspired Jean Cocteau to write
Parade with Pablo Picasso
Jean Cocteau’s symbols are
Glass, Mirrors, Angels, Horses
Antonin Artaud founded
theatre De L’oeuvre in Paris
1924, Antonin Artaud joined
Surrealists
Antonin Artaud’s Jet De Sang is
Surrealist
Antonin Artaud did
silent motion pictures
1931, Antonin Artaud’s xxxxxx of Gesture became the
starting point for his theory of “Theatre of Cruelty”
Antonin Artaud’s Theatre of Cruelty is
A compilation of 1930s manifestos essay
Concept of Theatre of Cruelty ; divest
Theatre of logic&Verisimilitude
Concept of Theatre of Cruelty ; touch and bruise
the spectator to force involvement = an assault on the senses
Concept of Theatre of Cruelty ; fill the theatrical space with
a concrete language independent of the spoken word
Concept of Theatre of Cruelty ; use
violent and supernatural poetic images that evoke cosmic severity
Concept of Theatre of Cruelty ; liberate audience from
repressions of civilization and give them a healing ritual
Maurice Maeterlinck wrote ____ plays
31 plays
Maurice Maeterlinck wrote(1909)_______ in ________ but _________
The Blue Bird
French
had Strong Flemish ties
Michel de Ghelderode wrote(1929)______and it was
Chronicles of Hell
Grotesque and sublime
Chronicles of Hell by Michel de Ghelderode was written in
French on Flemish Subjects
Chronicles of Hell by Michel de Ghelderode is written in _______________ plays commissioned by___________________
religious themed
the Flemish Catholic Theatre Company
Suzanne Lilar wrote(1945)
El Burlador
Belgium means
______ speaking _______(north)
__________speaking ____(south)
Flemish
Flanders
French
Wallonia
Bilingual Capital are
Brusseles/Bruxelles/Bruges