It is characteristic of theatre – and the theme of this conference – that while most of today’s theatre takes place in structures created for such dramatic productions, some take place in other venues, and have done so since the beginning of theatre itself.
The ancient Greeks, as I understand it, created tragedies in threshing circles which became the orchestras of their earliest dithyrambic performances. Medieval and early Renaissance theatre was staged in the streets and in innyards, requiring no more than “two boards and a passion” according to Lope de Vega. In 1947, Jean Vilar created the Avignon Theatre Festival in the coeur d’honneur of the Palais des Papes in that city – and such historic venues have become the staging areas of hundreds of productions elsewhere in Europe ever since. (I saw Vilar play Olysses there in La Guerre de Troie n’aura pas lieu in 1963.) Street Theatre too has become, since that time, a similar venue for dramatizations, particularly with a political thrust, all over the world. Czytaj dalej »Mobile Theatre