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swpotter12

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Which of the following plays is an example of Theatre of the Absurd?
 
  a. Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot
  b. August Strindberg's A Dream Play
  c. Jean Cocteau's Orpheus
  d. Antonin Artaud's Jet of Blood

Question 2

Choose the correct term for the following definition: anti-illusionist theatre featuring emotional detachment, narration, songs, and obvious theatricality (example: Bertolt Brecht's Mother Courage and Her Children).
 
  a. surrealism
  b. expressionism
  c. Epic Theatre
  d. Theatre of Cruelty


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Reply #1 on: Aug 27, 2018
Answer to Question 1

a. Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot

Answer to Question 2

c. Epic Theatre


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