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The 24 pages that link to Theatrical realism, each with the reason it gives.

• Theatre of the AbsurdCompared with: Absurdist drama disrupts the credible everyday world realism attempts to stage.

• Vsevolod MeyerholdCompared with: Meyerhold rejected realism’s illusion of everyday life in favor of openly constructed performance.

• MetatheatreCompared with: Realist conventions often sustain dramatic illusion, while metatheatre calls attention to that illusion.

• The HomecomingCompared with: Pinter’s recognizable household coexists with extreme, unresolved power shifts.

• Theatre of CrueltyCompared with: Artaud rejected naturalistic illusion in favor of heightened, transformative stage signs.

• Indian theatreCompared with: Many Indian performance forms use stylization rather than realist representation.

• Tony KushnerCompared with: Kushner often begins with recognizable settings but expands beyond realism into fantasy and historical spectacle.

• Henry IrvingCompared with: Irving’s elaborate historical spectacles differed from realism’s emphasis on everyday settings and behavior.

• Carlo GozziCompared with: Gozzi’s supernatural plots deliberately resist the realistic drama advanced by his rivals.

• Six Characters in Search of an AuthorCompared with: The play begins with recognizable rehearsal behavior before destabilizing theatrical realism.

• Augustin DalyCompared with: Daly’s carefully composed productions differed from the increasingly naturalistic stage aesthetic.

• Japanese theatreCompared with: Many traditional Japanese forms favor stylization over realistic representation.