Thea Hist 2 test 3 section 3

russian, 19/20th, cherry orchard

nikolai gogol, russian, satire, aka the government inspector

built 1794, first american theatre solely for paying audiences

german, poet and playwright, themes of libery

18th century, first US comedy, The Contrast

american, actor, first to preform monologues sitting down

caused by rivary between actors macready & forrest

american, actor manager, preforming the night of lincolns assasisnation

american, played rip van winkle

lessing, 18th, first bourgeois tragedy

german,18th, wrote faust

russian, 19th, serf to actor to teacher, naturalism

german, first extended rehearsals, motivational blocking

german, drama, dicipline/ refine, rehearsal techniques

american born british actor, first black to play othello, first black tragedian

french born american actor and playwright, wrote fashion

american, producer/manager/playwright, adapted foreign plays

collection of essays, advancement of cultural ideas

american, first US actress with international fame, played romeo with her sisters as juliet

german, 16th-18th, stock character, trickster

obsession with german playwright august von kotzebue

leveled stage floor, fly space, hydraulic elevator, boxed seating

american, 19th, actor, fued with Macready