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| Identify the African Grove |
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| The first formal black theater company in America |
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| Identify: Surinam or A Slaves Revenge |
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| Melodrama that Ira Aldridge appeared in |
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| Explain "African Roscius" |
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| Roscius-famous actor in ancient Rome whose name was used to honor performers. |
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| Name 2 eccentricities of The Divine Sarah B. |
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1) She demanded her salary in gold
2) She supposedly slept in a coffin |
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| Name 2 other professsions that Sarah B might have had in addition to actress and manager |
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1) Sculptor
2) Writer of poetry and plays |
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| Who were Laura Keane's nieces in reality? |
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| What is the German word for "Masterwork" |
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| After three years strugging in Paris, Wagner finally had a success in Dresden. What was it? |
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| An opera entitled: "Rienzi" |
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| Why was Wagner forced to leave Germany again in 1849? |
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| To avoid arrest for having taken part in the Revolution of 1848 |
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| What is the French term for "director" |
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| What did the Duke of Saxe-Meiningen's tutors instill in him? |
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| French architect who improved ventilation |
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| Identify who Edwin Booths father and brother were |
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Father: Junis Brutus Booth-famous actor
Brother: John Wilkes Booth-assassinated Lincoln |
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| J.R Planche is also famous for what besides his costuming book |
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| Writer of burlesques, extravaganzas and farces in England |
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| How did Dunlap's A Trip to Niagra employ the panorama? |
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| Showed a voyage from New York to Niagra Falls |
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| The finest actor of his time, Shehepkin was born a? |
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| Who wrote "Dont Get Into Anothers Sleigh" |
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| What was the purpose of the Russian Society of Dramatic Authors |
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| First time ensured that playwriters would have copywright protection for their work |
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| Who was the key figure in creating the Russian Society of Dramatic Authors |
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| Believed that actors could convey emotions and inner thoughts through gestures, movement and voice |
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| What are combination companies? |
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| Complete productions with stars, supporting players, scenery and costumes. |
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| Identify George Frederick Cooke |
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| The first significant English actor to tour in the United States |
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| African American actor who performed in Europe due to racial prejudices. Performed Othello. |
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| Why is Lodz, Poland important |
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| It is where actor Ida Aldridge died. |
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| The first play both written and performed by African Americans |
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| Flamboyant actresses who worked at the Comedie Francaise. Master of stage technique |
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| Quiet and foreshadowed realism of the 20th century |
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| Who stared in Therese Raquin? |
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| What did Emile Zola write? |
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| Therese Raquin (starring Elenora Duse) |
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| Picked scripts, cast productions, oversaw rehearsals, worked with costunes and money, etc. Also was generally the company's star actor |
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| Londons leading actress-manager who managed the Olympic Theatre |
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| Reputation as Americans finest actor. Was an actor manager of theaters in New York as well |
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| American playwright-manager who wrote Under the Gaslight. |
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| Who wrote "Under the Gaslight" |
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| Augustin Daly. "Under the Gaslight" was teh first play where a character was tied to a railroad track |
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| Who is Laura Keene and what is it unfortunate that she is also remembered for? |
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| Successful actress as well as actor manager in Boston and New York. Sadly: She was on stage performing during "Our American Cousin" at Fords Theatre the night Lincoln was assassinated. |
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| Show that was performing while Lincoln was assisinated |
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| Opera composer. Wrote "Rienzi" then "The Flying Dutchman", "Tannhauser" and "Lohengrin" |
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| What are 3 things Wagner is known for in theaters |
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1) No orchestra members could tune in a pit
2) No applauding during a presentation
3) First director to turn out house lights so people would direct their focus to the stage |
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| Who wrote "The Ring of Nibelung" |
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| Identify: Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen |
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| Known as one of the first modern directors. Drilled his company members carefully and thoroughly. *Famous for crowd scenes. HISTORICALLY ACCURATE COSTUMES |
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| Why is Prussia important? |
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| Prussia became the dominant force in Germany. Sake-Meiningen wanted to unify Prussia with Germany and also married the Princess of Prussia before she died. |
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| An actor and company director for Duke Saxe-Meiningen |
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| Duke of Saxe-Meiningens 3rd wife who was responsible for the selection of plays and for the actors stage direction in his company |
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| Why is The Bowery Theatre important to theatre architecture |
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| Located in New York City played melogramas attended by "Bowery Boys" who were gross, lived low class and threw things at the stage. LARGEST PLAYHOUSE IN NEW YORK. |
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| What had the nickname "The Slaughterhouse" |
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| The Bowery Theatre in New York City |
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| Who was the Bayreuth Festpielhaus build for and what is it? |
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| Built for Richard Wagner. A theater where there werent class distinctions and where there was continental seating. |
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| What is continental seating? |
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| Bayreuth Festspielhaus theater. Rows became longer the father away they were from the stage and audiences came in and exited from those rows. |
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| Historical accuracy in sets and costumes-wrote "History of British Costume" |
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| Who wrote the book "History of British Costume" |
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| What is the 'moving panorama' |
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| Painted settings on a long cloth which would be unrolled across the stage-creating the illusion of movement and changing locations. |
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| Noted playwright whose melodramas focused on realistic circumstances. He was an innovative theatre technologist |
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| Why is The Chestnut Theatre important? |
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| The earliest gaslit playhouse in the world |
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| The equilvalent of a modern dimmer board-allowing one person to change the lighting throughout a theatre |
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| Who invented the 'incandescent lamp' |
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| Who was the first theatre in London to use 'incandescant lighting' |
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| The Savory Theatre in London |
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| Identify Alexander Griboyedov |
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| Successful playwright in the neoclassical form. Best known for his play "Woe from Wit" |
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| Who wrote the play "Woe from Wit" |
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| What play did Alexander Pushkin write? |
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Boris Godunov.
A play about the interaction of a ruler and those under him. Released 6 years after written and produced 40 years after that |
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| Another play dealing with censorship (the first being Boris Godunov) was? |
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| Masquerade by Mikhail Lermontov |
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| Who wrote the play "Masquerade" |
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| What did Nikolai Gogol write? |
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| The Inspector General (still produced today) |
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| Who is Yekaterina Semyonova? |
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| An actress who commanded a larger salary than her counterparts-she was praised for her work in both comedy and tragedy. |
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| What is actor Aleksey Yakovlev known for? |
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| For spontaneous, energetic performances |
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| What is actor Vasily Karatygin known for? |
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| Being a impressive classical actor |
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| Why is St. Petersburg famous? |
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| It is where the crazy russian named actors gained their fame |
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| What play did Ivan Turgenev write? |
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| Who wrote the play "The Thunderstorm" |
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| Identify Aleksei Pisemsky |
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| WRote a stongly naturalistic play called "A Bitter Fate" |
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Wrote a trilogy:
The Death of Ivan the Terrible
Tsar Ryodor Ivanovich
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Tsar Boris |
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| Identify Richard D'Oyly Carte |
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