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Theatres from
1915 to 1945
(© Michal Daniel)

2. Background: A Time of Unrest—The World Wars
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Background: A Time of Unrest—The World Wars
Era of unrest after 1915 ushered in by World War I, which resulted in nearly 8.5 million deaths
Between the world wars: fascist totalitarian dictatorships in Italy and Germany
Extremes of fascism horribly illustrated in Nazi Germany, known as the Third Reich
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6. Theatre of Unrest: Dramatic Movements
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Theatre of Unrest: Dramatic Movements
Expressionism
Developed in Germany around 1905
Movement in which representation of reality is distorted to communicate inner feelings
More about the feelings of the protagonist
(Billy Rose Theatre Collection, New York Public Library
at Lincoln Center; Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations)
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7. Theatre of Unrest: Dramatic Movements (continued)
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Theatre of Unrest: Dramatic Movements (continued)
Futurism and Dada
Surrealism
The Bauhaus
Theatre of Cruelty
Antonin Artaud
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8. Theatre of Unrest: Dramatic Movements (continued)
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Theatre of Unrest: Dramatic Movements (continued)
Epic Theatre
Piscator and The Good Soldier Schweik
Brecht’s Epic Theatre
Bertolt Brecht
Mother Courage and Her Children
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
(Percy Paukschta/Berliner Ensemble)
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9. European Theatres during the War Years
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European Theatres during the War Years
France
Copeau and Text- Oriented Theatre
Jacques Copeau
French Playwrights: Giraudoux and Anouilh
Spain
Frederico García Lorca
Jacques Copeau
(LAPI/Roger-Viollet Collection/
Getty Images)
Federico García Lorca
(Photo by Popperfoto/Getty Images)
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10. European Theatres during the War Years (continued)
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European Theatres during the War Years (continued)
Italy
Luigi Pirandello
Great Britain
Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, and John Gielgud
Luigi Pirandello
(Photo by Edward Steichen, 1935
© Condé Nast Archive/Corbis)
Laurence Olivier
(Bettmann/Corbis)
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11. European Theatres during the War Years (continued)
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European Theatres during the War Years (continued)
Theatres under Totalitarianism
Particularly in the Soviet Union under Stalin, and in Germany under Hitler, government- supported theatres were used as instruments of propaganda
Numerous German theatre artists were forced to flee Germany after Hitler came to power in 1933, including the directors Max Reinhardt and Erwin Piscator, as well as the playwrights Bertolt Brecht and Ernst Toller
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12. American Theatre Commercial versus Noncommercial Theatre
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American Theatre
Commercial versus Noncommercial Theatre
Commercial Theatre in the United States
Noncommercial Drama and Theatre in the United States
Eva Le Gallienne
(Billy Rose Theatre Collection/The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations)
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13. American Theatre (continued)
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American Theatre (continued)
Playwrights in the United States
Eugene O’Neill
Female Playwrights in the United States
The “Little Theatre” Movement
The Group Theatre
Stella Adler
The Federal Theatre Project
College and University Theatres
Stella Adler
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14. American Theatre (continued)
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American Theatre (continued)
African American Theatre
African American Theatre in the 1920s
Ethel Waters
African American Theatre in the 1930s and 1940s
Paul Robeson
(Library of Congress)
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15. Global Theatres, 1915–1945 Asian Theatres Kathakali in India
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Global Theatres, 1915–1945
Asian Theatres
Mei Lanfang
Kathakali in India
Theatre in China
Theatre in Japan
Mei Lanfang
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