Naturalism

Naturalism is European theatre and its practitioners are known as the scientists of theatre. The system was developed which flourished in to method acting. Naturalism has been described as “a slice of life on stage” it is made as realistic as possible. The fourth wall is extremely prominent in this style of theatre because in real life you wouldn’t just start telling your story to a random person. The only member of the cast who has any communication with the audience is the Greek chorus so the audience fully understand the piece. In this style of theatre it is common for the audience to emotionally connect with the characters this is called suspending disbelief knowing it’s not real but allowing yourself to believe it. Naturalism is an illusion of reality for example is an actor were to play a character who was freezing to death obviously they wouldn’t know what that feeling was like however they could think back to a time in their life when they were coldest there for making the performance more believable.  Unlike classic style of theatre characters would not speak the language of the gods (in verse) they use ordinary speech which would fit the accent to where the play was set.