Chapter Fourteen discusses the modern theater beginning in the late nineteenth century with realistic plays. The chapter continues by discussing the significant movements between 1875-1945 that challenged realism.
After reading this chapter you should:
1. Be familiar with the background of the birth of realism. Have a knowledge of:
the historical background of the modern era
theatrical realism
realistic playwrights, specifically:
Henrick Ibsen
August Strindberg
Anton Chekhov
producers of realism: independent theaters
2. Understand the difference between realism and naturalism.
3. Understand realistic theater production in the twentieth century (1915-1945), specifically:
producing organizations in the U.S.
realistic playwrights and WWI and WWII
4. Be familiar with departures from realism:
a. expressionism
b. futurism
c. Dadaism
d. surrealism
e. symbolism
f. theatricalism
5. Be familiar with the description of a nineteenth-century production of The Seagull in Moscow.
6. Be familiar with the following historical figures:
a. Henrick Ibsen
b. Anton Chekhov
c. August Strindberg
d. Charles Darwin
e. Karl Marx
f. Andre Antoine
g. Constantin Stanislavski
h. Lee Strasberg
i. Harold Clurman
j. Clifford Odets
k. Hallie Flanagan Davis
l. John Millington Synge
m. Sean O'Casey
n. Eugene O'Neill
o. Lillian Hellman
p. Benjamin Wedekind
q. Maurice Maeterlink
r. Paul Claudel
s. Alfred Jarry
t. William Butler Yeats
u. Adolphe Appia
v. Edward Gordon Craig
w. Vsevolod Meyerhold
x. Max Reinhardt
y. Luigi Pirendello
z. Georg Kaiser
aa. Andre Breton
bb. Antoine Artaud
cc. Bertolt Brecht
dd. Frederico Garcia Lorca
