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Zola, France, Realism, and Naturalism

This week, we're back in Europe to learn about Realism and Naturalism. In the 19th Century, playwrights like Eugene Scribe, Alexandre de Dumas Fils, and Emile Zola remade the French theater, first with Realism, and later with Naturalism. What are those things? Watch and learn.
Season 1 Episode 31 Length 12:06 Premiere: 09/28/18

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Zola, France, Realism, and Naturalism
S1 E31 Length 12:06 Premiere Date 09/28/18

Race Melodrama and Minstrel Shows
S1 E30 Length 13:04 Premiere Date 09/21/18

North America Gets a Theater...Riot
S1 E29 Length 12:07 Premiere Date 09/14/18

The Rise of Melodrama
S1 E28 Length 11:34 Premiere Date 09/07/18

Why So Angry, German Theater?
S1 E27 Length 11:09 Premiere Date 08/24/18

England's Sentimental Theater
S1 E26 Length 11:37 Premiere Date 08/17/18

China, Zaju, and Beijing Opera
S1 E25 Length 10:51 Premiere Date 09/17/18

All Night Demon Dance Party - Kathakali
S1 E24 Length 10:13 Premiere Date 09/17/18

Japan, Kabuki, and Bunraku
S1 E23 Length 11:51 Premiere Date 07/27/18

Pre-Columbian Theater, Spanish Empire, and Sor Juana
S1 E22 Length 11:06 Premiere Date 07/21/18

Molière - Man of Satire and Many Burials
S1 E21 Length 11:11 Premiere Date 07/13/18

Rules, Rule-Breaking, and French Neoclassicism
S1 E20 Length 12:40 Premiere Date 07/06/18

The Spanish Golden Age
S1 E19 Length 10:40 Premiere Date 06/29/18

Where Did Theater Go?
S1 E18 Length 12:54 Premiere Date 09/17/18

English Theater After Shakespeare
S1 E17 Length 11:50 Premiere Date 06/08/18

Comedies, Romances, and Shakespeare's Heroines
S1 E16 Length 10:46 Premiere Date 06/01/18

Shakespeare's Tragedies and an Acting Lesson
S1 E15 Length 11:29 Premiere Date 05/25/18

Straight Outta Stratford-Upon-Avon – Shakespeare's Early Day
S1 E14 Length 10:52 Premiere Date 05/18/18

The English Renaissance and NOT Shakespeare
S1 E13 Length 12:17 Premiere Date 05/11/18

Pee Jokes, the Italian Renaissance, Commedia Dell'Arte
S1 E12 Length 10:43 Premiere Date 05/04/18

Just Say Noh. But Also Say Kyogen
S1 E11 Length 12:20 Premiere Date 04/27/18

Get Outside and Have a (Mystery) Play
S1 E10 Length 11:10 Premiere Date 04/20/18

Hrotsvitha, Hildegard, and the Nun who Resurrected Theater
S1 E9 Length 11:01 Premiere Date 04/13/18

The Death and Resurrection of Theater as... Liturgical Drama
S1 E8 Length 11:59 Premiere Date 04/06/18

Nostrils, Harmony with the Universe, and Ancient Sanskrit Th
S1 E7 Length 12:02 Premiere Date 03/23/18

Roman Theater with Plautus, Terence, and Seneca
S1 E6 Length 11:28 Premiere Date 03/16/18

Dances to Flute Music and Obscene Verse. It's Roman Theater,
S1 E5 Length 11:52 Premiere Date 03/09/18

Greek Comedy, Satyrs, and Aristophanes
S1 E4 Length 11:02 Premiere Date 03/02/18

Tragedy Lessons from Aristotle
S1 E3 Length 11:55 Premiere Date 02/23/18

Thespis, Athens, and The Origins of Greek Drama
S1 E2 Length 09:52 Premiere Date 02/16/18

What Is Theater?
S1 E1 Length 13:35 Premiere Date 09/17/18

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