Worksheet 9 Flashcards
What is industrial revolution
Rise of the machines doing work and the growth of urban areas
What is restoration
Era of English “comedy of manners”
Attempted to show “natural behavior”
The rise of the middle class
More people in one location, needed an escape from “humdrum” life
What is sentimental comedy
Mechanical behavior which is knowing what to expect
The playwright Oscar Wilde created
The importance of being earnest
Earnest means to be sincere
The playwright directed the plays but they were taken over by…
Stage manager
Melodrama were
Sentimental theater which was the 1st American style of theater
1st style of theater
Used American principles and situations which reflected American patriotism
Melodrama
Evolved from Italian tragicomedy
Evolved into Soap operas
Clear conflict between good and evil
Spectacle
Elaborated costumes, scenery examples
Showboats
Traveled the rivers, bought theater to the people
Monte cristo
The sweep of this play is more like Shakespeare because it doesn’t follow the unities (time flies by)
James o’Neill
Contributions
Starred in monte cristo for over 30 years
Eugene o’Neill’s father
Realism
Faithful reproduction of life and the environment
What realism can do for a society
Maintains order in the world by making people tend to the present
Brings closer relationship by improving and fostering communication
Advocates social change by freedom if subject material
