VDM The Dialectic of Theatrical Space and Domestic Space

In the early twentieth century the majority of American and British playwrights believed in staging domesticity for a public audience to make spectators more involved in addressing domestic inequalities imposed on women. The term theatrical space implies that the audience is important in subsidizing meaning to dramatic works. Moreover, a dialectical relationship of theatrical space and domestic space points to the fact that modernist plays display intentions on the part of playwrights to address social issues related to domesticity. This book intends to show how the dramatic representation of domestic space opens different interpretations on stage, which is intended for a public performance. The way domestic space is presented on stage invokes questions concerning the playwright s purposes in dramatic performances.