Antoine Theatre

Japanese: アントアーヌ座 - あんとあーぬざ
Antoine Theatre

…Although he took naturalism too far, such as hanging real beef on the stage and having water come out of the fountain, he assumed a “fourth wall” between the stage and the audience, and required the actors to become the characters without worrying about how the audience would respond. His historical significance is great. In 1997, he moved to the Théâtre Antoine, where he achieved success with Renard’s “The Carrot” and Shakespeare’s “King Lear.” From 1906 to 1914, he presided over the Théâtre de l’Odeon, where he worked on such classic masterpieces as “Le Cid,” “Julius Caesar,” and “Faust,” but this led to financial collapse, and after World War I he was mainly active as a theater critic. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Antoine Theatre" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…舞台に本物の牛肉を下げたり,噴水から実際に水を出させたりする自然主義の行過ぎもあったが,舞台と観客との間に〈第4の壁〉を想定し,客受けを意識せずに登場人物になりきる演技を要求して,劇の真実味と迫力と統一を回復した歴史的意義は大きい。97年にアントアーヌ座に移り,ルナールの《にんじん》やシェークスピアの《リア王》で成功。1906年から14年までオデオン座を主宰し,《ル・シッド》《ジュリアス・シーザー》《ファウスト》などの古典の大作に取り組むが,財政的破綻を招き,第1次大戦後はもっぱら劇評家として活躍した。…

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