From Rome to Realism

1. From Rome to Realism Part II

2. IV. The Age of Realism • Known as “the age of common man” • Founding Playwrights of the Age of Realism • Henrik Ibsen- considered the Father of Realism in theater • Anton Chekhov • George Bernard Shaw

3. IV. The Age of Realism (Continued) B. The Emergence of Directors • Directors emerged to mold and direct acting into a single, unified whole • The “star system” – each acting company’s star actors played all the leading roles • Ensemble – a tightly knit group of actors without a single “star” • Method acting – actors listening and reacting to other characters, not just acting when they spoke • The Duke of Saxe-Meiningen – abolished “star system” • Constantin Stanislavski - introduced method acting • Reinhardt and Copeau

4. V. Non-Realistic Theater A. The Theater of Symbolism tried to show meaning and emotion through non-realistic plays B. Theater of the Absurd tried to find meaning in a world without meaning

5. VI. Asian Theater Shankuntala was a heroic, romantic drama from India, and an example of Sanskrit theater. • Chinese Theater Focused on entertainment and training the entertainers Their school, The Pear Garden, had over 11,000 students at one time The Peking Theater is the national theater of China.

6. VI. Asian Theater (Continued) B. Japanese Theater • Noh Theater was developed by a father and son team for all male actors who wore masks. It was disciplined and controlled • Doll Theater came from Korea and used four foot high doll puppets. • Kabuki Theater is a mix of several types of Oriental theater. It is the most popular. Chickamatsu – Japan’s greatest playwright : wrote Doll Theater Japanese actors are considered among the best trained and most disciplined in the world.

7. VII. World Theater History Summary

8. CLOSED note quiz on Wednesday • Scene Performance on Thursday – No exceptions