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- 1Wrote "A Doll's House" Moved to Germany, where he wrote Hedda Gabler, creating one of theater's most notorious characters. By 1891.Henrik Ibsen
- 2American playwrights in the mid to late 20th century. Wrote The Odd Couple, God's Favorite, Biloxi Blues, Lost in Yonkers and Brighton Beach Memoirs. His style ranged from romantic comedy to farce to more serious dramatic comedy.Neil Simon
- 3Known for writing social satire. Wrote social comedies in the late 19th century.Oscar Wilde
- 4Mid to late 20th century French dramatist, leading exponent of Theatre of the Absurd. Wrote RhinocerosEugene Ionesco
- 5Wrote tales of knights, Ballads with elaborate costumes and scenery during the Spanish Golden Age. Lived in the late 16th and early 17th centuryLope de Vegas
- 6He wrote Autos Sacramentales (Sacramental plays) when the Spanish Golden Age theatre was being defined by Lope de Vega, he developed it further, his work being regarded as the culmination of the Spanish Baroque theatre. one of Spain's foremost dramatists.Calderon de la Barca
- 7French playwright best-known as an important contributor to the development of theatrical naturalism during the late 19th century.Emile Zola
- 8Late 17th Century French Playwright . During the French Restoration of the 19th century, his comedies (The Misanthrope, The School for Wives, Tartuffe, The Miser, and The Imaginary Invalid) became popular.Moliere
- 9American playwright whose work included a series of ten plays for which he received two Pulitzer Prizes for Drama. Each work in the series is set in a different decade, and depicts comic and tragic aspects of the African-American experience in the 20th century.August Wilson
- 1020th century Greek-American writer, actor and director. Known for his love of Method Acting. One of the most honored and influential directors in Broadway and Hollywood history. Product of the Group Theatre and The Actors StudioElia Kazan
- 11A tragedian who was generally considered one of the three great seventeenth-century French dramatists, along with Molière and Jean Racine.Corneille
- 1218th century playwright known for the Figaro Plays.Beaumarchais
- 13A 17th century french dramatist who was primarily a tragedian, producing such "examples of neoclassical perfection"Racine
- 1420th century, German-born American actress and drama teacher. Training through improvisation techniques to later use in characters wrote a book, Respect for Acting most notable role: Who's Afraid of Virgina Woolf?Uta Hagen
- 1520th century American dramatist, educator and acting coach, Made improv popular as well as creative drama Developed exercises for actors to improve improvisation skillsViola Spolin
- 16American acting teacher & disciple of Stanislavski Developed a school of acting based in emotional memory/recall. "the Method" is considered the "father of method acting in America".Strasberg
- 17American acting teacher and disciple of Stanislavski who based her work on close attention to the text. Opened an actor's studio in NYC and LAStella Adler
- 18Creator of ViewpointsAnne Bogart
- 19Theatre artist, theorist, and creator of the "Theatre of the Oppressed" Designs theatre events for the disenfranchised to encourage and support social change Form TheatreAugusto Boal
- 20Theatre artist, theorist, and creator of the "Theatre of the Oppressed" Designs theatre events for the disenfranchised to encourage and support social change Form TheatreAugusto Boal
- 21Pioneered Theatre of the Absurd - focused on existentialism, expressed what happens when human existence has no meaning or purpose - all communication breaks down, silenceBeckett
- 22Restoration playwright who wrote Way of the World, which represented various characters of society in Comedy of MannersCongreve
- 23Trained with Stanislavksi Developed "the psychological gesture"Checkov
- 24Member of Group Theatre Think like the character, not like an actor Get out of the head and act naturally "live truthfully under imaginary circumstances," RepetitionSanford Meisner
- 25American Experimental and avant-garde theatre directorWilson
- 2620th Century scenic designer Replaced flat scenery with 3D structures like steps, platforms, ramps Light used for angles and dimensionAppia
- 27Traditionally the first actor, "chorus leader" Stepped apart from chorus and began to engage in dialogue with them, involved in beginning of tragedy formThespis
- 28American playwright who wrote Madame Butterfly, The Girl of the Golden West Furthered NaturalismBelasco
- 29The 2 most popular Ibsen Plays areA Doll's House and Hedda Gabler
- 30Name 3 Neil Simon PlaysThe Odd Couple, God's Favorite, Barefoot in The Park, Star Spangled Girl, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Last of The Red Hot Lovers
- 31Oscar Wilde's most famous playThe Importance of Being Earnest
- 32Wrote the RhinocerosIonesco
- 33What Century and country was Ibsen19th - Norway/Germany
- 34What Century and country was Neil Simon20th/USA
- 35What Century and country was WildeLate 19th/ London England
- 36What Century and country was Ionesco20th century/France
- 37What Century and country was Beckett20th century/ France
- 38What Century and country was Emile Zola19th/France
- 39What Century and country was Moliere17th France
- 40Father of Modern Acting; developed a highly influential method of actors training called the System Co-founder of Moscow Arts TheatreKonstantin Stanislavksi
- 41What Style was Zola famous fornaturalism
- 42What style was Moliere famous forRestoration
- 43What style was Robert Wilson famous for (Not August Wilson)Avant-gaurde
- 44What Style was Pierre CorneilleClassicism
- 45What style was congreve famous forRestoration
- 46What style was checkovRomanticism
- 47What style was Victor HugoRomanticism
- 48What style was Racine famous forNeoclassicicm
- 49What style is BeckettAbsurdism
- 50What style is BrechtEpic
- 51What did Adolphe Appia do?Appia is best known for his many scenic designs for Wagner’s operas. He rejected painted two-dimensional sets for three-dimensional "living" sets because he believed that shade was as necessary as light
- 52What is Lee Strasberg developThe Method
- 53Name 3 17th century playwrightsCornielle, Racine, Moliere
- 54Name an 18th century playwrightBeaumarchais
- 55Name 3 19th Century playwrightZola, Ibsen, Wilde
- 56Name the romantic playwrightsCheckov, Hugo
- 57Name the naturalism playwrightsZola, Belasco, Ibsen
- 58Name the restoration playwrightsBehn, Moliere, Congreve
- 59Name absurdist playwrightsIonesco, Beckett
- 60Polish theatrical director & innovator of experimental theatre, the "theatre laboratory" and "poor theatre." Music by actors, avoided machinery, special effects, make-up, costume changes.Jerry Grotowsky
- 61What did Stanaslovki doFather of modern acting, the system, the moscow art theatre
- 62What did Jerry Grotowski doPolish theatrical director & innovator of experimental theatre, the "theatre laboratory" and "poor theatre." Music by actors, avoided machinery, special effects, make-up, costume changes.
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