Realism+in+Theater.DH

Realism in Theather 
 * ﻿ Where people talk and behave in an everyday manner, they use the stage as an environment rather than an acting platform
 * Realism led to the elimination of wing and drop sets and the development of box sets which consisted of three walls and a possible ceiling to represent the interior
 * Also includes leveling of the stage floor, stagehands moving scenery manually, revolving stages, elevators, rolling platforms, groundrows (cutaway flats), closed front curtain and sometimes a 4th wall was incorporated.
 * Some major realistic playwrights includes
 * Henrik Ibsen (problem plays)
 * August Strindberg (also Expressionist)
 * George Bernard Shaw
 * David Belasco
 * Emile Zola (Naturalist)

Gardiner, Robert. //A Doll's House, Frederic Wood Theatre//. Digital image. //Faculty.arts.ubc.ca//. Faculty.arts.ubc.ca. Web. .
 * Sources: **

Jones, Janie. "The Modern Theatre: Realism." INSTRUCTOR_NAME Home Page. Web. 11 Jan. 2011. [2/8Realism.htm].

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Wilson,, and Goldfarb. "19th Century Melodrama." //Northern Virginia Community College//. Northern Virginia Community College, 3 Nov 2004. Web. 11 Jan 2011. []. ** <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Realism in Theater ** ===<span style="margin: auto 0cm auto 36pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> · <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">Henrik Ibsen is considered to be the father of modern realistic drama. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> === ===<span style="margin: auto 0cm auto 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> · <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">Realism is a nineteenth-century literary term that identifies an author's attempt to portray characters, events, and settings in a realistic way. Simply put, realism is attention to detail, with description intended to be honest and frank at all levels. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;"> === <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> ===<span style="margin: auto 0cm auto 36pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 36.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> · <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">Unlike many of the dramatists who came before him, Ibsen doesn’t portray rich, powerful, or socially significant people in his plays. Rather, he populates his dramas with ordinary middle-class characters. ===