THEATER OF REALISM LINKS
 
 
The five categories of  links below take you to readings and resources that will assist you in: a) answering questions from the Short Answer Exercises in Unit 3 and, 2) participating in the Lecture and Discussion Classroom.
 
 THE VICTORIAN ERA 
Child Labor in the 19th Century
Child Labor & the Industrial Revolution
Darwin and Evolution
Darwin On the Origin of Species
Evolutionary Theory Before Darwin
Freud and Freudianism
Freud's Id, Ego, & Superego
History of Evolution
Labor Unions & Working Conditions
Life of the Industrial Worker
Repression
Roles of Men and Women
 Sanitary Conditions/Disease 
The Victorian World
REALISM & STAGECRAFT
Acting Positions on Proscenium Stages
Proscenium Stage
Types of Stages
 
REALISTIC PLAYWRIGHTS 
 
August Strindberg (Naturalism) 
Henrik Ibsen & His Approach to Drama 
The Ibsen Centre 
Ibsen's Life and Work 
Strindberg (Brief Biography) 
Strindberg Chronology 
Strindberg's Life 

 

 
TEXTS
 
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES 

Konstantin Stanislavski & Acting 
Miss Julie (Brief Discussion) 
Naturalism in American Literature 
The Problem Play 
Realism 
Stanislavski & More About Acting