The Friday Five, December 2, 2011
FIVE THEATRE WORDS AND THEIR SURPRISING HISTORY Do you get as excited about etymology as I do? If so, read on…by Matt G of Matt and Kyle and Matt1. Fourth Wall. 'The Fourth Wall'is a term describing the unseen wall that separates the actors from the audience, but a couple of hundred years ago, many productions would literally have a fourth wall. They soon realized this fourth wall blocked much of the acti…