A concise summary of some of the 20th Century Theatre Movements that serves as a comparison between the movements, dissecting each and highlighting its fundamental principles and trends.
MODERN THEATRE MOVEMENTS – 20TH CE
PURPOSE /
MOVEMENT STAGING PERFORM
PHILOSOPHY / BELIEF
Symbolism To represent true meaning
of life.
Uses impressionistic
sets and scenery to
Characte
portrayed
Imaginative, metaphorical, create visual beauty own pers
and suggestive. on stage. and cont
Presents higher truth which Lightning, color fate.
can only be presented shapes and lines Music, po
through symbols. used, create mood. dance, an
The meaning of life exaggera
spiritual not materialistic. moveme
Resisted focusing on real Almost lo
life, rather poetic ideas. the actor
Believed truth in subjective walking o
experience, chaos and Lines cha
insanity. instead o
Performa
natural.
Expressioni To express inner feelings
and experiences of
Unusual stage
effects.
Protagon
everythin
sm characters
Journey to the soul
Images pictorial,
different levels,
through t
perspect
Protest contemporary stage design used They tort
social order bring out events an
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