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Expressionism in theatre? Maybe it's something else | Matt Trueman by Matt Trueman

Critics are right to notice the trend for plays that making powerful use of small, non-realistic details. What should we call it?Though three productions do not a new wave make, Michael Billington is right to flag up the expressionism at play on our stages as he did a few weeks back. I wonder, however, if there's a finer point: that this same spirit of expressionism has infiltrated ostensibly naturalistic theatre.Exp…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58AM on December 14, 2010

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