Chapter Outline

MODERN THEATER: 1875 TO 1945

The Birth of Realism

Background: The Modern Era

Timeline: 1875-1915

Theatrical Realism/Realistic Playwrights

Play Synopsis: "A Doll’s House"

Realism and Naturalism/Producers of Realism: Independent Theaters

Living History: "The Sea Gull"

Realistic Theater between 1915 and 1945

Timeline: 1915 and 1945

Departures from Realism

Antirealist Playwrights: Ibsen, Strindberg, and Wedekind/ Symbolism/ Antirealist Designers: Appia and Craig/Russian Theatricalism: Meyerhold/Early Eclectics/Departure From Realism: 1915-1945

Totalitarianism, the Second World War, and Theater

Summary

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