Authors+Screenplay

Authors Scene: //Katie walks in front of the camera onto stage by curtains from the right. As speaking, she paces.// //Katie stops moving when finished speaking.// //Allie walks in front of the camera up onto the stage from the stairs from the left. She speaks while walking to where Katie is.// //As Allie speaks, an image of Ibsen is shown.// //Katie and Allie exit the stage when finished.// //Michael and Liz both walk out at once onto the stage from the opposite stairs and begin to speak//. //An image of Strindberg is shown while Liz speaks.// **Liz:** Strindberg, a Swedish playwright, was born January 22, 1849, in Riddarholm, Stockholm, Sweden. In 1872-74, he was a journalist. He was an assistant librarian at the Royal Library in 1874. He founded Scandinavian Experimental Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1888, and the Intimate Theatre in 1907. In May 14, 1912, He died from stomach cancer. He is also known as one of the fathers of modern theatre. Some of his plays are Den Fredloese in 1871 (The Outlaw in 1881), I Rom (In Rome) in 1870, Miss Julie in 1881, Ett droemspel (The Dream Play). //An image of Chekhov is shown while Michael speaks.// //Liz and Michael leave the stage from opposite stairs.// //Katie and Allie reappear on stage from opposite areas and begin speaking.// //An image of Wilde is shown while Allie speaks.// //An image of Shaw is shown while Liz speaks.// //An image of J. M. Barrie is shown while Michael speaks.// //All four exit the stage.
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 * Katie:** Theater changes through time, through the works of people. Some authors of this time were Henrik Ibsen, August Strindberg, and Anton Pavlovich Chekhov.
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 * Allie:** Known as father of modernism, the Norwegian playwright, Henrik Ibsen, was born March 20, 1828, in Skien Norway. He attended the University of Christiania in the early 1850s. During his life, he was a poet, playwright, and essayists. In 1864, he used a government grant to travel to Rome, Italy, on a self-imposed exile for 27 years after nearly having a nervous breakdown from overwork. On May 23, 1906, He died in Oslo, Norway, from complications from a series of Strokes.
 * Katie:** Some of his works are Catiline (Catilina) in 1850, Peer Gynt in 1867, A Doll's House (Et Dukkehjem) in 1879, The Master Builder (Bygmester Solness) in 1892, When We Dead Awake (Naar vi dode vaagner) in 1899.
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 * Michael:** Chekhov, a Russian playwright, was born January 16, 1860, in Taganrog, Russia. He attended the University of Moscow a M.D. in 1884. He was a dramatist, short story writer, and novelist. He received Pushkin Prize for In the Twilight (V sumerkakh, a collection of stories) in 1888, and Griboedov Prize for The Three Sisters: A Drama in Four Acts (Tri syostry: Drama v chetyryokh deystviyakh). On July 2, 1904, He died of tuberculosis in Badenweiler, Germany. Another two of his plays were The Cherry Orchard and Uncle Vanya.
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 * Katie:** A few more authors are Oscar Wilde, George Bernard Shaw, and J. M. Barrie.
 * Allie:** Born on October 16, 1854, in Dublin, Ireland, Oscar Wilde is an Irish playwright. He died He wrote //The Importance of Being Earnest//, //An Ideal Husband//, and //A Woman of No Importance//. He died on November 30, 1900, in Paris France.
 * Liz:** Born on July 26, 1856, in Dublin, Ireland, Shaw was another Irish playwright. He wrote //Pygmalion//, //Caesar and Cleopatra//, and //Fanny’s First Play//. He died on November 2, 1950, in Ayot Saint Lawrence, Hertfordshire, England.
 * Michael:** Born May 9, 1860, in Kirriemuir, Forfarshire, Scotland, J. M. Barrie is a Scottish playwright. He wrote The Little Minister in 1897, Peter Pan (The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up) in 1904, Peter Pan: An Afterthought (When Wendy Grew Up) in 1908, Mary Rose in 1920. He died on June 19, 1937, in London, England.
 * Katie:** Each author is noted for having influenced modern plays, especially in their own country. They all used their nation's culture in history, including folklore and mythology, within their works. Also, issues within in society were put into their work as themes, topics concerning gender and the working class.

p.s.// sorry it took me so long, lost track of time