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
Video Performance
Drama Video Final.mp4