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was invisible, separating the characters from the audience, and the ceiling was tilted down at the far end of the stage and up toward the audience. Doors slammed instead of swinging when being shut, as in reality.
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arch stage and three walls. The proscenium opening is the
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theatre
proscenium
fourth wall
Elizabeth Vestris
London Assurance
Dion Boucicault
Paolo Landriani
Marie Wilton
Prince of Wales's Royal Theatre
realist theatre
Henrik Ibsen
A Doll's House
George Bernard Shaw
Pygmalion
Anton Chekhov
The Seagull
realism

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