7th Grade Study Guide for Quiz C

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Romanticism (definition, playwrights, when & where)

dramatic style depicting things as we wish they were; Victor Hugo, Alexander Dumas; Germany, 19th
Century

Realism (definition, playwrights, when & where)

Dramatic style depicting things as they really are; Henrik Ibsen, August Strindberg, Chekov, Stanislavski;
Norway, Sweden, Russia; mid-19th Century

Gilbert & Sullivan (type of theatre they are associated with, titles)
Light opera; HMS Pinafore, Pirates of Penzance, Mikado

American Theatre 1st playhouse (where & when)

Williamsburg, VA; 1716

Showboats (description) paddlewheel boats that traveled up and down the Mississippi; had a theatre
onboard; performed shows for towns along the river

Acting Families (examples) Hallams, Booths, Baldwins, Barrymores

Chronology (list eras of theatre history in time order)
Primitive Tribes
Egyptians
Hebrews
Greeks
Romans
Medieval
Renaissance
Elizabethan
Restoration
Continental 18th & 19th C
Colonial 18th & 19th C
American
Latin American

Hindu
Chinese
Japanese

Make up Styles (4 styles and what they are for)

Street - Not for stage, normal daily wear
Straight - Stage make up to enhance a performers natural look
Character - Stage make up to contribute to a performers character, ie, animal, old age
Trauma - Stage make up which simulates injury, ie. bruises, cuts, scrapes...

The Contrast (why its important, who wrote it, and when)
First American play; Royal Tyler; 1787

Minstrel Shows (historical context, positive results)

Popular during the 19th Century during the time of slavery, the Civil War and Jim Crow laws. Led to

appreciation of African American art forms: tap dancing, jazz, the blues, soft shoe

Vaudeville (description)
Family-friendly variety show. Featured singing, acting, dancing. Declined due to competition from movies
and radio.

Melodrama (description)
Dramas filled with over-acting, sentimentalism, and stereotypical characters and poses. Damsel in distress,
villain with a twisty mustache, hero in a white hat who rescues the hapless woman

Impressionistic setting (description)

A stage scene that uses lines, colors, and shapes to give the idea of the set and the mood, not realisticlooking set pieces.

Absurdism (definition)
A dramatic style that says all life is meaningless. The actors speak and act at random. Samuel Beckett

Broadway (what it is and where)

A street in Manhattan, New York City, NY, with many theaters.

Regional theatre (What is is and whats closest to us)

Professional theatre outside of New York City. Paramount in Aurora

Community theatre (what it is)

Non-professional theatre throughout the country giving local people the chance to perform. Like Fox Country
Players, Spot Light, Illinois Valley Theatre...

Latin theatre - most productive time, common themes, definition, evolution

Most productive since the 1940s. Nationalism, social issues, collective work, celebration of culture.
Theaters in Central and South American countries. Began with primitive performances and developed in
most of the same forms as European theatre (due to being conquered repeatedly by European explorers).

American playwrights (be familiar with the ones in your text)

Eugene ONeill (The Emperor Jones, The Hairy Ape, Mourning Becomes Electra), Thornton Wilder (Our
Town), Tennessee Williams (The Glass Menagerie, A Streetcar Named Desire), Arthur Miller (Death of a
Salesman, The Crucible), Neil Simon (The Odd Couple, Biloxi Blues), David Mamet (American Buffalo,
Glengarry Glen Ross), August Wilson ( Fences)

Latin American playwrights (be aware of the themes addressed)

Efrin Orozoco Rosales (nationalism), Rodolfo Usigli (satires on political life and tension in middle class
families), Osvaldo Dragn (political corruption), Griselda Gambaro (violence of military regimes) Enrique
Buenavenutura (New Theatre-- collective work, audience participation), Lin-Manuel Miranda (immigrant
experience in America)