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Realism – Europe 1800’s. Theater begins to look realistically at the world and reflect it realistically onstage. . Explorations in Realism. Sets are built from buildings that have been taken down and reassembled onstage to explore “real” scenery instead of painted scenery.
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Realism – Europe 1800’s Theater begins to look realistically at the world and reflect it realistically onstage.
Explorations in Realism • Sets are built from buildings that have been taken down and reassembled onstage to explore “real” scenery instead of painted scenery. • Food eaten onstage is “real” food that smells instead of fake food. • Costumes are taken from real people for use onstage.
Konstantine Stanislavski: The Father of Modern Acting Believed acting should be As “real” as possible. Worked in Russia at Moscow Art Theater
The Wit and Wisdom of Stanislavski “The greatest wisdom is to realize one's lack of it” “What is important to me is not the truth outside myself, but the truth within myself.” “Love the art in yourself, not yourself in the art” “Remember: there are no small parts, only small actors.”
Henrik Ibsen: playwright Ignited controversy and changed theater by his unflinching treatment of current topics. NORWAY
Example: Ibsen Plays Ghosts A Doll’s House
