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-'''Nineteenth-century theatre''' describes a wide range of movements in the [[Theatre|theatrical]] [[culture]] of the [[19th century]]. In the [[Western culture|West]], they include [[Romanticism]], [[melodrama]], the [[well-made play]]s of [[Eugène Scribe|Scribe]] and [[Victorien Sardou|Sardou]], the [[farce]]s of [[Georges Feydeau|Feydeau]], the [[problem play]]s of [[Naturalism (theatre)|Naturalism]] and [[Realism (theatre)|Realism]], [[Richard Wagner|Wagner's]] [[opera|operatic]] ''[[Gesamtkunstwerk]]'', [[Gilbert and Sullivan]]'s plays and operas, [[Oscar Wilde|Wilde's]] drawing-room comedies, [[Symbolism (arts)|Symbolism]] and [[Russian Symbolism]], and proto-[[Expressionism|Expressionism]] in the late works of [[August Strindberg]] and [[Henrik Ibsen]].<ref>Brockett and Hildy (2003, 293-426).</ref>+'''Nineteenth-century theatre''' describes a wide range of movements in the [[Theatre|theatrical]] [[culture]] of the [[19th century]]. In the [[Western culture|West]], they include [[Romanticism]], [[melodrama]], the [[well-made play]]s of [[Eugène Scribe|Scribe]] and [[Victorien Sardou|Sardou]], the [[farce]]s of [[Georges Feydeau|Feydeau]], the [[problem play]]s of [[Naturalism (theatre)|Naturalism]] and [[Realism (theatre)|Realism]], [[Richard Wagner|Wagner's]] [[opera|operatic]] ''[[Gesamtkunstwerk]]'', [[Gilbert and Sullivan]]'s plays and operas, [[Oscar Wilde|Wilde's]] drawing-room comedies, [[Symbolism (arts)|Symbolism]] and [[Russian Symbolism]], and proto-[[Expressionism|Expressionism]] in the late works of [[August Strindberg]] and [[Henrik Ibsen]].
[[Realism (theatre)|Realism]] began around 1850 as the [[Romanticism]] period was ending around 1870, and gave way to the 'isms' of [[Modernism]] in the [[Twentieth-century theatre|theatre of the 20th century]]. [[Henrik Ibsen]] is considered to be the father of Realism in theater. In the UK, [[Thomas William Robertson]] was an early proponent. [[Realism (theatre)|Realism]] began around 1850 as the [[Romanticism]] period was ending around 1870, and gave way to the 'isms' of [[Modernism]] in the [[Twentieth-century theatre|theatre of the 20th century]]. [[Henrik Ibsen]] is considered to be the father of Realism in theater. In the UK, [[Thomas William Robertson]] was an early proponent.

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Nineteenth-century theatre describes a wide range of movements in the theatrical culture of the 19th century. In the West, they include Romanticism, melodrama, the well-made plays of Scribe and Sardou, the farces of Feydeau, the problem plays of Naturalism and Realism, Wagner's operatic Gesamtkunstwerk, Gilbert and Sullivan's plays and operas, Wilde's drawing-room comedies, Symbolism and Russian Symbolism, and proto-Expressionism in the late works of August Strindberg and Henrik Ibsen.

Realism began around 1850 as the Romanticism period was ending around 1870, and gave way to the 'isms' of Modernism in the theatre of the 20th century. Henrik Ibsen is considered to be the father of Realism in theater. In the UK, Thomas William Robertson was an early proponent.

The theme of Realism in theater was likeness to life and this movement sought to create theater that was a laboratory for the nature of relationships. The goal of a realism-era play was to set forth a functional or dysfunctional situation in an objective manner to an impartial audience. The audience is meant to view the characters as a visitor observes animals in a zoo.

  • An individual represents a societal problem

Also, the expansion of railways helped expand theatre as more people could afford to go and watch or act.




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