Hey everyone! Here's the topic for this week:) Hope you all are having a great weekend!
Thinking back to performances you've seen, have you ever been at show where the line between actor and audience has been blurred? How did it make you feel? How did it seem to make other audience members feel? What do you think the point in breaking this fourth wall (the imaginary wall between audience and actors) was? If you HAVEN'T been at a performance that has removed this fourth wall, think of a play you've seen/read and compare and contrast potential messages/effects a show would have on its audience if a) there was a strong fourth wall and then b) if there were no fourth wall. Why might directors/playwrights/actors decide to use this tactic? REMEMBER to try and take into account lectures and readings as well as personal experiences when coming up with your response.
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Actually I have been to a play were the line between the actor and audience was broken. In the play the actors actually ran up and down the isles as they were acting and sheets of clothes were flying over the audience members' heads. The removal of this imaginary 4th wall makes audience feel like part of the action in the play so in a sense they also become actors in the production. I know all plays that break the 4th wall are not like the play I attended but I believe the director used those tactics to give the play a more dramatic effect. Instead of just staring at a stage for two hours you were turning your head and looking up and then at the stage. It really gave the play a more dramatic feel.
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