The –isms in Theater Late 1800s - early 1900s. Rationalism Restoration comedy, an aristocratic and seemingly amoral form of theatre, declined, at least.

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The –isms in Theater Late 1800s - early 1900s

Rationalism Restoration comedy, an aristocratic and seemingly amoral form of theatre, declined, at least in part because of the rise of a conservative Protestant (Puritan) middle class.

Sentimentalism characterized by an over-emphasis on arousing sympathetic responses to misfortune.

Romanticism The Rise of the middle class was occurring – trading and manufacturing joined agriculture as major sources of wealth. Concentration of people in towns and cities increased. Between 1750 and 1800, Romanticism took hold, and flourished between 1789 and 1843 in Europe. The American Revolution (1770) and the French Revolution (1791) further asserted that men had freedom to act on their own consciences.

Characteristics Abiding trust in nature’s goodness Equality of people A premium on detail Ultimate truth Art served an exalted purpose Subjectivity

tended to appeal to emotions rather than intellect visual over verbal sensational rather than intellectual Aristocrats tended to go to the opera and ballet, and more middle-class now went to the theatre

Realism Charles Darwin Charles Darwin Karl Marx Karl Marx Richard Wagner Richard Wagner 1.Realism in theater deals with real life issues and pay close attention to contemporary settings and time periods 2.Purpose was to better mankind

Realism Theater Henrik Ibsen – “A Doll’s House” - Nora leaves her husband Torvald and her children at the end of the play George Bernard Shaw – “Pygmalion” later “My Fair Lady” - shows the transforming of a flower girl into a society woman, and exposes the phoniness of society Anton Chekhov – “The Three Sisters” - about three sisters who want to move to Moscow but never do

Naturalism New drama based on Darwinism all forms of life developed gradually from common ancestry, all forms of life developed gradually from common ancestry, evolution of species is explained by survival of the fittest evolution of species is explained by survival of the fittest 1) heredity and environment control people 2) no person is responsible, since forces are beyond control 3) the must go to society 4) progress is the same as improvement/evolution; it is inevitable and can be hastened by the application of the scientific method 5) man is reduced to a natural object.