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Components of A well made play (in Order)
- Exposition
- Conflict
- Rising Action
- Climax
- Falling action
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Formal Characteristics of a Well Made Play
- Surprise
- Suspense
- Denouement
- Careful Exposition
- Climax
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Developments That lead to the Rise of Realism in the 19th century (two for each
- Transportation
- Train, Steam engine, Combustion engine
- Communication
- Telephone, Telegraph, Phonograph
- Social SciencePsychology, Sociology
- ScienceOrigin of Species, Light Bulb, Sky Scraper
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Victorian Middle class (3)
- Spheres of life
- Private-Women
- Public-Men
- Large economy-could purchase goods
- Lots of Privacy
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4 Domestic Ideals (Angle of the House)
- Piety
- Submissiveness
- Domestic
- Purity
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Women Didn’t have Rights
- Land
- Money
- Contracts
- Children
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Laws Nora Broke
- Forged her Father’s signature
- Acquired a contract
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Dramatic Action of Laura, and symbolization
- She Leaves/Slamming the door
- Family isn’t perfect/she isn’t happy
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Small Community Theaters
- Little theatre Movement
- 1900-1920
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Eugine O’Neill
- The Hairy Ape
- Desire Under the Elms
- A long Days Journey Into Night
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Russian Actors who Influenced the Group Theatre
- Richard Boleslovsky
- Maria Oospenkaya
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4 Principles of Rogers and Hammerstein Productions
- Song and dance is servant to the play
- Artistic integrity
- Product of sincerity
- Professional union
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5 Plays by TW
- Street Car named Desire
- The GLass Menagerie
- Cat on a hot tin Roof
- Night of the Iguanas
- Battle of Angles
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3 Elements of Theatrical Realism
- Fantastic Sets
- Highly Poetic Diction
- Relatively realistic style
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Original “Amanda” on Broadway
Laurette Taylor
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Designer who realized Theatrical Realism sets
Jo Mielziner
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Laura Wingfield's crippling childhood illness
Pleurosis
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Elements of a Modern Tragic hero
- Average Joe
- More than 1 tragic flaw
- No Catharsis
- Anti-hero
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Founders of the Group Theatre
- Harold Clurman
- Cheryl Crawford
- Lee Strosberg
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Metaphors of The Glass Menagerie
- Fire escape
- GlassUnicorn
- Portrait
- Dance hall
- Jim
- Candles/flame
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