The post-war Theater witnessed the alterations that the whole world underwent in the course of the Second World War. Right after the war, the European theatrical scenes were occupied by the plays of three authors. They are Tennessee Williams with his “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”, Jean-Paul Sartre with “No Exit”, and Samuel Becket “Waiting for Godot”;
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Modern Theatre comes from the European Renaissance Theatre of the 16th-17th centuries that dates back to the Ancient Greek and Roman Theatre. Its foundation was laid down in England and Italy, especially by the English Renaissance Theatre between in the period between Reformation and theatre closure in 1642;
The beginning of the 19th century was swept by the never-before-seen cultural movement known as Romanticism. One of the first European dramatists who got himself involved in this process was August Schlegel that considered W. Shakespeare the greatest playwright;
Modern Fringe Theater
The next kind of Modern Theater is Fringe Theater which is spread in Great Britain mostly. However, this type of present-day Theater exists in all Western countries.
Modern Fringe Theater is used to describe alternative theater or non-standard current theatrical project. They are usually small-scale theaters that are situated with small pubs or restaurants.
Among other issues, Fringe Theater performances are very often arranged at the world theater festivals, including Edinburgh Fringe and Adelaide Fringe Festival.
As a matter of fact, during last twenty years the Fringe Theater exists only due to the theatrical festivals that are carried out all around the world.
Two most outstanding world Fringe Theater festivals are Windsor Fringe and Malvern Fringe. The oldest and most successful Fringe Theater Festival in Great Britain is Brighton Festival Fringe.
The greatest Fringe Festival in the Northern America is Edmonton International Fringe Festival.
The most favourable advantage of this type of Modern Experimental Theater is that al performers are welcome to apply all their talents and gifts. These feasts gather thousands of performers that are usually out of great financial resources hoping to become theatrical stars. Thus, this type of Modern Theater is also amateur providing ordinary but talented people with an opportunity to commit a real breakthrough.
The only limitation of Fringe Theater is geographical, that is applicants are typically divided into local, national and international groups.