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An Enemy of the People

afranz29 — 2024-09-17 20:54:11 UTC

This play is called An Enemy of the People and it was written by whom they call the father of Realism Henrik Ibsem in 1882.

Medea

afranz29 — 2024-09-17 21:19:49 UTC

Medea is a play that was written by Euripides. It is one of his best known plays and it took place in 431 BC.

The Green Bird

afranz29 — 2024-09-17 21:32:35 UTC

The Green Bird is a play that was produced by Carlo Gozzi who was a successful Italian playwright which one would call a director in today's age. This play was created in 1765.

Vaudeville

afranz29 — 2024-09-17 22:02:50 UTC

Charlie Case was the first person who did a stand- up comedy. He was an American Vaudeville actor during the late 1880s. Vaudeville was more than just musicals, it was stand up comedy, songs, comedy, dancing, acrobats, musical numbers and much more. You can say it was for TALENT.

Brecht theatre

afranz29 — 2024-09-22 03:56:56 UTC

Brecht theatre was invented by Bertolt Brecht around the 1920s, he was a German theatre practitioner and playwright, also a poet. The name of this type of theatre has changed and is now called "Epic Theatre", this is important because he introduced it and we are still using epic theatre to till day. It is associated with mainly having the audience think deeply about real world problems.

Eubie Blake & The Harlem Renaissance

afranz29 — 2024-09-22 04:05:25 UTC

Eubie blake was a very important man back in the 20th century so around the 1920s, he was a great pianist and would go on to play Jazz music and change the culture. He was a African American man and the Harlem Renaissance was a turning point in black culture.

Theatre of the Absurd

afranz29 — 2024-09-24 02:52:12 UTC

This type of theatre is known for being dramatic. It was most popular from the 1950s to the 1960s. Samuel Beckett is one of the most famous playwrights for this type of theatre.

Shakespeare

afranz29 — 2024-09-24 03:00:47 UTC

William Shakespeare was a playwright and poet. He was most popular for the plays he used to write around 1589-1613. I would say he is one of the most popular poets in his time because teachers still teach students about him in high schools, Shakespeare is very famous, even if you do not know anything about theatre you've most likely hear of his name.

Melodrama

afranz29 — 2024-09-24 03:10:00 UTC

Melodrama a play or act in which there are happy or sad events where emotions are high. Most of the time music kicks in to make more of a drama effect to the audience. Melodrama theatre was most popular around 1840.

Commedia dell'arte

afranz29 — 2024-09-27 00:07:56 UTC

Commedia dell'arte originated in Italy. It was very popular throughout Europe between the 16th and 18th centuries, (1550 - 1750) It is essential in this type of theatre for the cast to be working together rather than individually. Commedia dell'arte translates to "comedy of professional artists"

Elizabethan

afranz29 — 2024-09-27 00:27:08 UTC

This was one of the longest styles of English plays that turned to theatre. Shakespeare is in its own timing but he was heavily impacted by this style. This era was from 1558-1603. Many historians call it the golden age of English history because of the artistic and literary culture that just popped off. The name comes from Queen Elizabeth who was queen at the time.

Greek Theatre

afranz29 — 2024-09-27 00:36:25 UTC

Greek theatre occurred during the 5th century. Almost all plays were performed outside and in daylight, Lots of work went into creating these plays so they only were performed once. Actors had to wear heavy costumes and masks and in the pure heat back then was dreadful. Lots of people would come to watch as it was their only chance.

Realism

afranz29 — 2024-09-27 00:42:42 UTC

In the arts realism is performed in certain plays that use it for the basis of what the play or musical is. It is a accurate and detailed outlook of what life contains. Thigs that are real and take place in life. It is a way for actors and actresses to make their audiences feel connected. Realism was first portrayed around the 1870s.

Expressionism

afranz29 — 2024-09-27 02:51:28 UTC

An emotional experience, a way for people to express themselves. It is portrayed through acting and shown through settings and the emotions of the actors you can tell through their faces, voice and tone. It shows feelings. It was popular in the 1920s in Germany where it originated.

Naturalism

afranz29 — 2024-09-27 03:04:46 UTC

It is an artistic style of showing things as people in real life see it. Helps relate to the audience. Introduced in the late 19th early 20th century. It focuses on how natural things look in the setting of the musical or play, it appeals to the audience as something natural, like in the real world. More visual.

Restoration Comedy

afranz29 — 2024-09-27 03:16:10 UTC

These were English comedies that took place during the restoration period from around 1660-1700s. It is also known to be called Comedy of Manners. The restoration period happened because public performing was banned for 18 years prior due to the puritan regime

Symbolism

afranz29 — 2024-09-27 03:24:16 UTC

This is a way to show symbols and what a person or the musical/play or movie in general is trying to symbolize. The setting of a scene is used to set emotion and a background to what is going to be taking place. It makes the audience think deeply to try to understand the meaning behind what is being shown to them. It was popular from the 1880s to 1910.

Morality Plays

afranz29 — 2024-09-27 03:36:24 UTC

Morality plays were popular in Europe during the 15th and 16th centuries Characters showed qualities that would end up teaching lessons to the audiences throughout the plays. They acted moral qualities to portray good and bad, evil and so on...

Shuffle Along

afranz29 — 2024-09-27 03:51:48 UTC

Shuffle Along is a famous song written by Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake. This song would go on to make great history by being the first African American produced song to be on broadway after a decade of nothing on Broadway that had been made by someone who was African American. It was created in 1921. This song made everyone want to put it in their musicals and even whites were and still are astonished by it. It opened ways for fellow African Americans to create art and music, it especially made a way for African American dance to be in more musicals also.

Romeo and Juliet

afranz29 — 2024-09-27 04:06:58 UTC

This was a play written by Shakespeare around 1554. It was a play about a young man and young girl who loved each other and wanted to be together but were from opposite families whom did not get along with each other. It is a very popular play and it is still being taught about in schools all around the world. It is one of the most famous plays the author is known for.