Open Stage

...However, from around the 1960s, there was a growing trend to rediscover community in culture in general, and in theater, the original role of the audience was re-recognized, and avant-garde attempts became popular along with calls for "audience participation." Specifically, the pioneering significance of Brecht's educational plays in particular was revisited, and open-stage performances that bridged the gap between the stage and the audience (removal of curtains, extended stages, actors addressing the audience and entering and exiting, etc.) emerged, as well as the small theater movement and street theater that strengthened the interaction between the two. Furthermore, not content with the passive response of the audience, performances that attempted to draw physical participation by inviting the audience into the acting area also became more common, such as the American theater company Living Theater's Paradise Now (1968). ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Open Stage" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…ところが1960年代ころから，文化全般に共同体再発見の機運が高まり，演劇でも観客本来の役割が再認識され，〈観客参加〉の呼声とともに前衛的な試みが盛んとなる。具体的には，ブレヒトがとくに教育劇などで試みた先駆的意味なども顧みられ，舞台と客席の溝を埋めるオープン･ステージ方式の上演(幕の排除，張り出した舞台，演者の客席への語りかけや出入りなど)や，両者の交流を緊密にする小劇場運動，街頭演劇などの出現がある。さらに，観客の側の受動的な反応にあきたらず，例えばアメリカの劇団リビング･シアターの《パラダイス･ナウ》(1968)のように，観客を演技領域に誘い込むことで肉体的参加をも引き出そうとする上演も，しばしば行われるようになった。…

※「オープン・ステージ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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