UNIVERSIDAD AUTNOMA DE NUEVO LEN

FACULTAD DE INGENIERA MECNICA y ELCTRICA

MATERIA: CULTURA DE LA LENGUA INGLESA

UNIDAD TEMATICA 5 MUSICA, CINE Y TEATRO

EVIDENCIA DE APRENDIZAJE 2

HORA: N1-N3

ALUMNO:
MIGUEL ANGEL LOPEZ MONROY 1589347

FECHA: 11 DE JULIO DEL 2017

 Theater in USA
Contemporary American Theater
Pre-1945 works dominate philosophical concerns (man / God relations, moral
conscience, spirit / matter conflict), while after the war the playwrights reflect social
reality more and accuse the influence of cinema.
Eugene O? Neill (1888-1953) is the great renovator of the American scene, divulging
the new European resources. The naturalistic influence is seen in Emperor Jones
(1920), The Hairy Monkey (1921) and the violent rural drama Desire under the Elms
(1925).
In later works he resorts to symbolism and stage plays, such as The Great God
Brown (1925), Expressionist and Pirandellian piece in his masquerade play, or
Strange Interlude (1927), whose characters alternate what they say and what they
think .
Tennesse Williams (1911-1983) reflects the southern rural mentality through
frustrated and marginalized characters of the lower classes. He often adds some
pathology, as in The Glass Zoo (1944), which symbolizes the fragility of its
protagonists, or A Streetcar Named Desire (1947).
Its fundamental theme is the lack of communication between human beings, which
produces misunderstanding and even tragedies, as in The cat on the roof of hot zinc
(1955).
Arthur Miller (1915) is the playwright of the typical American urban environments,
where the individual is overcome by forces that surpass him. His most famous work,
The Death of a Traveler (1949), reflects the dark face of the obsession with the
triumph of the "American dream."
The witches of Salem (1953) critically symbolize the repression against progressives
through a history of intolerance set in the eighteenth century. Panorama from the
bridge (1955) is the tragic story of an immigrant. He has also written radio and film
scripts.
60 until today
After the Actor's Studio and the beat movement, the theater, especially the musical,
lives a renewed splendor. On Broadway there is a great effervescence during the
60s. The civil rights movement, social instability and the moral openness of the time
result in works of great success like "Hair", which include nudes and drug use on
stage. Others, such as "West Side Story," beat up new audience records on
Broadway, while Bob Fosse's "A Chorus Line," which honors the vaudeville, does in
Chicago. It is a time of openness, and there is a continuous transfer between
established Broadway industry and off-Broadway, or experimental theater. In the
works openly talk about issues such as homosexuality, AIDS and drugs. In addition,
high-quality assemblies for immigrants begin to take place: in the 1970s, Frank Chin
and Henry Hwang performed successful works for the Asian community, while Luis
Valdez, representative of Teatro Campesino, did so for the Spanish-American
community. At the present time, musicals of the time are still represented on
Broadway, and are considered classics that continue to count on the favor of the
public. At the same time, new montages that cover all kinds of subjects continue to
be born, with the adaptations of cinematographic works as an example of the most
popular trend today.
Theater in UK
The Theater was introduced in England from Europe in the time of the Romans, and
theaters were built all over the country for this purpose. The theater is an outstanding
genre within English literature, its greatest literary figure is precisely a playwright,
William Shakespeare, also deserving to be noted that keeps the theatrical tradition
alive, both in groups of amateurs and in professional theater, with prestigious
companies like The Royal Shakespeare Company and numerous theaters in
London's West End.
In medieval times the mummers' plays, a form of street theater associated with the
dances of Morris, were developed, concentrating on subjects like St. George and the
Dragon and Robin Hood. They were folk tales that recounted the old stories, and the
actors traveled from city to city interpreting these works for the public in exchange
for money and hospitality.
Complex religiously inspired Christian works were performed during religious
festivities. During the reign of Elizabeth I in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth
centuries, a London-centered culture that was both courteous and popular produced
great poetry and theater. Perhaps the most famous playwright in the world, William
Shakespeare of Stratford-upon-Avon, wrote works that are still performed in theaters
all over the world to this day. He was an actor and was deeply involved in the
performance of the theater company performing his plays. Other important
playwrights during this period were Christopher Marlowe (1564-93) with The Tragic
Story of Doctor Faust, Edward II or Tambourlaine; Ben Johnson, and John Webster.
Several types of works were popular. Ben Johnson, for example, often composed
masks for the court, very ornate works where actors wore masks. The three types
that seem most studied are stories, comedies, and tragedies. Most playwrights
tended to specialize in one or another genre, but Shakespeare stands out for having
cultivated all three genres. His 38 works include tragedies such as Hamlet (1603),
Othello (1604), and King Lear (1605); Comedies such as A Midsummer Night's
Dream (1594-96) and Night of Kings (1602); And historical works such as Henry IV.
Some have hypothesized that the English revival led to a sudden dominance of
theater in English society, arguing that the most popular inquisitive form of the time
was best served by the competitive characters in the works of Elizabethan
playwrights.
 References
http://www.hiru.eus/literatura/el-teatro-contemporaneo-en-europa-y-en-estados-unidos

http://blog-eeuu.com/teatro-en-estados-unidos