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The Origin of Species shows that humans are beings in nature and that they are affected by the environment. This influenced theatre makers and writers to have plays which show this onstage and through the characters.
Tyler Mortimer directed "One For The Road" by Pinter and when asked about his experience he said, "a lot of what you see in terms of design and delivery of the text is as honest as possible."
"Father of Realism"
"I suggest that there can be no hard distinctions between what is real and what is false; it can be both true and false… Because ‘reality’ is quite a strong, firm word, we tend to think, or to hope, that the state to which it refers is equally strong… It doesn’t seem to be, and in my opinion, it’s no worse for that.”
Thought naturalism was application of scientific method to the production of literature and theatre.
He wanted to have characters that were influenced by the environment and that had psychological motivation for their actions.
Strong
Seminal in the development of modern drama.
The preface to Miss Julie is widely regarded as the "manifesto to modern drama".
A dramatist that draws all these opinions together is Chekhov, who focused on scientific, objective detail to present situations as they actually are and not have prescribed solutions.
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Allain, P and Harvie, J. (2006). Concepts and Practices In Allain, P and Harvie, J The Routledge Companion to Theatre and Performance. Abingdon, Oxon:Routledge. P170-180
Innes, C (2000). A Sourcebook on Naturalist Theatre. New York: Routledge.P11-13
Spark Notes. (October 30, 2014). The Cherry Orchard. Available: http://www.sparknotes.com/drama/cherryorchard/themes.html. Last accessed 5 Nov 2014.
Trumbull, E. (2009) Introduction to Theatre Realism. Available:http://novaonline.nvcc.edu/eli/spd130et/realism.htm. last accessed 5th November 2014
Strindberg, A. (1964). Strindberg's preface to Miss Julie. In: Michael Mayer. Strindberg Plays:One. 14th ed. London: Methuen. P93-99
Zarrilli, P McConache, B Williams, G Fisher Sorgenfrei, C (2010). Theatre Histories an Introduction. Oxon: Routledge. p392