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Who is the founder of Epic Theatre?

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Erwin Piscator

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Who are two prominent figures associated with Epic Theatre?

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Bertolt Brecht and Vsevolod Meyerhold

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What was Epic Theatres reaction to naturalism?

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They believed that humans are fundamentally capable of change.

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What was Epic Theatres reaction to Realism?

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They felt it had too much emphasis on escapism.

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What movement was Erwin Piscator a “one time member” of?

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The Expressionist Movement

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What proletarian theatre did Erwin Piscator found?

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Volksbune

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Who included mechanized sets/devices, lectures and incorporated films into their plays?

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Erwin Piscator

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Which person helped in the Russian Revolution?

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Erwin Piscator

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Which theatre practitioner became prominent for documentary theatre later in life?

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Erwin Piscator

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What was Epic Theatre’s primary goal for its productions?

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For the audience to always be aware that they are watching a play

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Which theatre group viewed catharsis as the enemy?

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Epic Theatre

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12
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What does it mean to reject the linear narrative?

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To employ an episodic plot structure - scenes not based on cause and effect, but self-contained moments that address a common theme/idea

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Which theatre practitioner is known for bring a Marxist?

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Bertolt Brecht

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Which theatre practitioner was blacklisted by the HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee) and testified?

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Bertolt Brecht

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The Epic Theatre used what kind of techniques?

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-Reporting by characters
-Film, Projections, & Placards
-Choruses
-Narration NOT Impresonation

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Helene Weigel and Bertolt Brecht what theatre group in East Berlin?

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The Berliner Ensemble

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What were some of Brecht’s most famous plays?

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-The Threepenny Opera
-Mother Courage and Her Children
-The Good Person Szechwan
-The Caucasian Chalk Circle

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What is the name of Bertolt Brecht’s Techniques?

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Verfremdungseffekt

19
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What is Verfremdungseffekt?

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Techniques created by Bertolt Brecht which aimed to:
-“estrange” or “alienate” the audience
-have no suspension of disbelief
-have emotional distance from the character must be maintained at all cost

20
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What kind of characters were there for the Verfremdungseffekt?

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Stock Characters

21
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What is Anti Realism?

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It was many genres that were created after WWI and WWII:
-Symbolism
-Dadaism
-Futurism
-Surrealism
-Expressionism

22
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What is Symbolism?

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-focuses on the aesthetic values of poetry, imagery, novelty, extravagance, fantasy, audacity and charm
-a way to create a non-realistic worlds of poetry and dreams through atmosphere stagings and stylized acting

23
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What popular scientist was used to draw motivation for symbolism?

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Sigmund Freud

24
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What was the first symbolist theatre?

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Theatre d’Art

25
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Who founded the first Symbolist theatre?

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Paul Fort

26
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Who is considered to have written the most famous symbolist plays?

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Alfred Jarry

27
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Which theatre practitioner wrote the play Ubu Roi?

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Alfred Jarry

28
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Who is the best known symbolist playwright?

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Maurice Maeterlink

29
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What are Maurice Maeterlink’s best known plays?

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-The Intruder
-The Blue Bird

30
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What is Dadaism?

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-The avant-gard genre which protested all traditional art forms and is grounded in deliberate nonsense
-to reject reason and logic and embrace chaos and irrationality

31
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Who started the Dadaism movement?

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Tristan Tzara

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Where was the Dadaism movement started?

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Cafe Voltaire

33
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True or False: There are no real plays associated with Dadaism

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True

34
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What is Futurism?

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Aims to glorify the energy and speed of the machine age and seeks to embody those ideals in the arts

35
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Which directors used new technologies with theatre lights and sound?

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Adolphe Appia and Edward Gordon Craig

36
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What futurism play did Filippo Tommaso Marinetti write which attacked tradition and called for a revolution to destroy old cultural institutions including universities, libraries and museums?

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Futurist Manifesto

37
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What is Surrealism?

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A movement fully influenced by Sigmund Freud’s dream research and focused on the relationship between the unconscious and reality

38
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Who is the most famous surrealist visual artist?

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Salvador Dali

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What are some of the popular plays created in the surrealism movement?

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-Antonin Artaud: The Upset Stomach
-Jean Cocteau: The Human Voice
-Guillaume Apollinaire: Breasts of Tiresias
-Federico Garcis Lorca: Play Without a Title

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What is Expressionism?

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-A genre that wanted to create a reaction to the shortcomings of realism
-An attempt to discover a technique that will express the inner reality of the character

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What are some characteristics and techniques of Expressionism?

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-Violent, grotesque aspects of the human psyche, creating a nightmare world on stage
-Distortion, exaggeration, heavy use of light and shadow
-Simplified plot and characters
-Stock-like characters
-Re-emergence of the monologue, language stripped

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