Quiz - Nov 27 Flashcards
1
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Eugéne Ionesco
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- Romanian playwright
- “The Bald Soprano”
- “The Chairs”
- “Rhinoćeros”
2
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Jean Genet
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- Playwright, novelist, poet
- drew on his prison experience for his first play “Haute Surveillance”/”Deathwatch”
- Saved from death row because of his writing ability
- pretty bad childhood experience
- “The Maids” (based on a true story)
- “The Balcony”
- “The Blacks”
- “The Screens”
3
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Jean-Louis Barrault
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- Stage and film actor, director, mime
- Acted in Dullin’s troupe
- Joined Comédie Francaise
- Married Madeleine Renaud
- Played Deburau in “Children of Parades”
- A.D. of Odéon when it was occupied by students/protestors and torn apart.
4
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Jean Vilar
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- studied under Dullin
- directed summer theatre festival in Avignon
- became head of Théâtre National Popular
5
Q
Avignon
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-Town that hosted Festival d-Avignon
6
Q
May 1968
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Destruction of Vilar’s theatre/protests
7
Q
Gérard Philipe
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Theatre and film star who acted many of the lead roles in Avignon
8
Q
Daniel Sorano
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- Born in France
- Played many comedic roles
- famous actor
- stage, film, director
- over-exhausted his body and died young
9
Q
Ariane Mnouchkine
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- Founded Théâtre du Soleil
- “1789” - famous production about the French Revolution
10
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Patrice Chéreau
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- Director
- child prodigy
11
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Fernando Arrabel Terán
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- “And They Put Handcuffs On The Flowers”
- autobiographical
- “Just a simple love story”
- Father didn’t want to fight in the Spanish Civil War and was arrested. He attempted suicide and put in a psych ward. He escaped and ran off into the snow, never to be seen again.
- super intelligent but forced to attend a repressive Catholic school
- At 13, started writing poetry
- At 17, found a trunk of letters that his mother had written to terrorize his father
- Met a woman and married her
- Met with others to create “Panic Theatre”
- In 1967, he was arrested because of an anti-Spain letter he wrote.
