Crash Course Theater and Drama S1 E38 - Expressionist Theater

Crash Course Theater and Drama

Crash Course Theater and Drama S1 E38 - Expressionist Theater
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Join us here, in the darkness. Our theater journey takes us into the heart of expressionism today, as playwrights in the late 19th and early 20th centuries explored the limits of human beings' tolerance for a mechanized, industrial world. Spoiler alert: those playwrights didn't think humans fared very well in the industrialized world. They EXPRESSED that concern about modernity through some pretty dark plays, with pretty dark sets, and pretty dark content.

CreatorN/A
ActorMike Rugnetta
CountryUnited States of America
ProductionPBS Digital Studios
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