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;
Romantic Theater
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. Some other prominent dramatists that evinced themselves in Romantic Theater tradition were Ludwig Tieck, Henrich von Kleist, and Christian Grabbe. Grabbe's famous "Dom Juan" and "Faust" brought him posthumous fame. All of above-mentioned theatrical and literary authors were Germans. Still, other European nations produced no less important theatrical geniuses. The English Romantic Theater position was strengthened by the works of Samuel Coleridge, Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Keats and George Gordon Byron.
Most of them were rich and privileged persons, however the Romantic movement turned them into outcasts and renegades. The very essence of Romanticism came to the escape from reality. This is what makes millions of present-day watchers appreciate and learn the features of things that were firstly enacted about two hundred years ago. The gallery of English Romantic Theatre was joined by James Sheridan who established his own name in the Theatre by means of his well-known spectacle "William Tell".
French Romantic Theatre is best known for Victor Hugo that wrote "Hermani" that made a tremendous success afterwards. Some other authors are Alfred de Vigny that rewrote "Othelo", Alexandre Duma for his "Christine" and Alfred de Musset who astounded the cultural world with his "No Trifling with Love".
All these dramatists changed the European theatre tradition for better, advancing the Theatre to its modern face.