Chapter 12
Chapter 12
1875-1915
Write a one-page briefing paper on one of the following topics. (Font size no larger than 12 pt; total no more than 1 page front and back). You will be graded on thoroughness of research, dissemination of important facts, grammar. Please cite at least 2 sources other than your textbook.
Presentations on Feb. 5 (choose one)
Antoine’s Theatre Libre, Bram’s Freie Buhne, Grein’s Independent Theatre
Moscow Art Theatre
The Abbey Theatre
Osanai Kaoru
Rabindranath Tagore
Anita Bush and Lafayette Players
Provincetown Playhouse
Realistic Drama
Naturalistic Drama
Stanislavski
Visual Elements in Realistic Theatre
Symbolism
Edward Gordon Craig
Adolphe Appia
Meyerhold
Henrik Ibsen
George Bernard Shaw
Anton Chekhov
August Strindberg
Max Reinhardt
Yevgeny Vakhtangov
Emile Zola
Gerhart Hauptmann
Maksim Gorky
David Belasco
Oscar Wilde
Bert Williams and George Walker
John Millington Synge
Alfred Jarry
The Syndicate
Technical Theatre Advances
Culture and Politics 1975-1915
Play reading assignments:
Everyone reads A DOLL’S HOUSE (for discussion on Feb 12)
Choose one: MISS JULIE, THE CHERRY ORCHARD or PYGMALION (for discussion on Feb 12)
1875-1915
Write a one-page briefing paper on one of the following topics. (Font size no larger than 12 pt; total no more than 1 page front and back). You will be graded on thoroughness of research, dissemination of important facts, grammar. Please cite at least 2 sources other than your textbook.
Presentations on Feb. 5 (choose one)
Antoine’s Theatre Libre, Bram’s Freie Buhne, Grein’s Independent Theatre
Moscow Art Theatre
The Abbey Theatre
Osanai Kaoru
Rabindranath Tagore
Anita Bush and Lafayette Players
Provincetown Playhouse
Realistic Drama
Naturalistic Drama
Stanislavski
Visual Elements in Realistic Theatre
Symbolism
Edward Gordon Craig
Adolphe Appia
Meyerhold
Henrik Ibsen
George Bernard Shaw
Anton Chekhov
August Strindberg
Max Reinhardt
Yevgeny Vakhtangov
Emile Zola
Gerhart Hauptmann
Maksim Gorky
David Belasco
Oscar Wilde
Bert Williams and George Walker
John Millington Synge
Alfred Jarry
The Syndicate
Technical Theatre Advances
Culture and Politics 1975-1915
Play reading assignments:
Everyone reads A DOLL’S HOUSE (for discussion on Feb 12)
Choose one: MISS JULIE, THE CHERRY ORCHARD or PYGMALION (for discussion on Feb 12)
posted by divalicious at 1:31 PM
19 Comments:
Oscar Wilde--Briana Smith
Dani Day: Henrik Ibsen
George Bernard Shaw - Andrew Cole
Anton Chekhov--Nicole Pearce
Edward Gordon Craig--Tondrea
Naturalistic Drama -- Sarah Young
EMILE ZOLA - Jennifer Lewis
The Abbey Theatre-- Karen Kirby
August STrindberg - Megan Dittmann
Stanislavski - M Cal
David Belasco Please!!
the syndicate - hannah
Realistic Drama- Renee Heffel
Megan Dittmann
August Strindberg lived from 1849 to 1912 and was a Swedish writer, painter, and playwright. He is arguably one of the most influential writers from Scandinavia and also one of the fathers of modern theatre. In fact, he was part of the realistic movement and wrote several plays therein; but then he switched over to the rivaling movement of non-realism or expressionism and wrote his later works under that regime.
Strindberg pulled from his past experiences and family members when he wrote, however some biographers say not to rely on his works as true accounts of reality, as he was particularly gifted at twisting the truth. His father was a shipping agent, and he refers to his mother as a “servant girl.” He grew up in Stockholm (the present day capital of Sweden located on the eastern coast) and attended elementary school in parishes and graduated from a prestigious middle-class school for boys.
His biography describes a severely indecisive neurotic man. During his “college years” his interests ranged from chemistry to literature to teaching to medicine to playwrighting and to journalism. He did not graduate. He also married three times and had children by each wife. Some scholars say this was due to his personal views society’s traditional gender roles, which he often critiqued in his earlier writings.
His best know plays were Miss Julie (Fröken Julie), The Dance of Death (Dödsdansen), A Dream Play (Ett drömspel) and The Ghost Sonata (Spöksonaten). Miss Julie is about the difference in the lower and higher classes shown through a sort of love story. He critiques the higher classes for belittling their servants as emotionless and unimportant - and the servants for their mindless involvement in keeping those stereotypes in place. In A Dream Play, Strindberg uses symbolism and expressionism to depict the seemingly logical but disjointed characteristics of a dream. The play is about the daughter of a Vedic god that has come to earth to experience all of life’s problems. She encounters highly symbolic characters that ultimately show her life is pitiful.
Strindberg died of cancer in 1912. He is survived by several statues and busts of his likeness in Stockholm.
"A Dream Play." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 9 Jan 2007, 05:30 UTC. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 3 Feb 2007 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A_Dream_Play&oldid=99500731.
"August Strindberg." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 2 Feb 2007, 08:57 UTC. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 3 Feb 2007 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=August_Strindberg&oldid=105052432.
Goldman, Emma “Miss Julie.” Social Significance of the Modern Drama. Boston: Richard G. Badger, 1914. pp. 51-61.
http://www.theatredatabase.com/20th_century/august_strindberg_004.html
Anita Bush and Lafayette Players
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John Millington Synge: Mandy Stanley
Moscow Art Theatre
mex reinhardt -- liz young
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