U.S. Modern Theatre History

❛ Arthur Miller ❜

⁃ American playwright from the 1920's who wrote about American Society.

⁃ Most famous work was Death Of a Salesman but others include:

All My Sons
The Crucible
A View From the Bridge

❛ Eugene O'neil ❜

⁃ One of the first playwrights to establish Realism, that focused on societal struggles.

⁃ His most famous work is A Long Days Journey Into Night, but he is also noted for other works including:

- Ah, Wilderness!
- The Iceman Cometh
- Days Without End

❛ Neil Simon ❜

⁃ Regarded as the most successful modern playwright and winner of three Tony's

⁃ Most famous work was The Odd Couple which was made into a TV series. His other works:

- Fools
- Lost in Yonkers

Playwrights

Clifford Odets • Clifford had a dramatic style of reading with a kind of poetic twist to it too. Golden Boy, The Country Girl, Awake and Sing! were a few of his plays he had written.

William Saroyan • American Family, The Human Comedy, My Name is Aram.

Thornton Wilder • The Maiden Maker

Tennessee Williams • The Glass Menagerie

Lillian Hellman • The Little Foxes

Susan Glaspell • Tricks

Lorraine Hansberry • The Raisin In the Sun

Beth Henley • Crimes of the Heart & The Miss Firecracker Contest

Clifford Odets

William Saroyan

Thornton Wilder

Tennessee Williams

Lillian Hellman

Susan Glaspell

Lorraine Hansberry

Beth Henley

Proscenium Arch:

An arch framing the opening between the stage and the auditorium in some theaters.

Apron:

Any part of the stage that extends past the proscenium arch and into the audience or seating area.

Orchestra Pit:

The part of a theater where the orchestra plays, typically in front of the stage and on a lower level than the audience.

General Terminology

Barrymores : The Barrymores were a famous American theatrical dynasty. Known as the "First family of Hollywood" . There legacy have been around for three generations they have done acting, producing, and directing.

General Terminology

Edwin Booth: American actor who toured throughout the United States and major capitals of Europe, performing Shakespeare plays.

Presentation and Performance(Lilly and Kyrian 2020)

Presentation

Modern Theatre

Video Performance

Drama Video Final.mp4

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