Theatre-within-theatre: From Dramatic Structure To Theatrical Concept

"Theatre-within-theatre" is a kind of a group of upper series by dramatic role to another group of role-playing (lower level series) drama.This screenwriter skills is very famous because Shakespeare. "Theatre-within-theatre" is very common in Chinese and western classical socialist period. Since the 20th century, "theatre-within-theatre" from drama structure became a drama ideas. This article based on the studies analysis of classical period drama "theatre-within-theatre", modern and contemporary drama "theatre-within-theatre" types and characteristics.Demonstrates the "theatre-within-theatre" gimmick from theater structure to the ideas of the process of transformation."Theatre-within-theatre" along with the development of modern drama endowed with new meaning, and full of vitality.The first chapter mainly introduced the English renaissance dramatist Shakespeare and "a midsummer night's dream", "Hamlet" and "The Taming of the Shrew" are his representative works include "theatre-within-theatre". Beside,The classical period drama in China also exists "theatre-within-theatre" works.Such as Xu Wei"Si Sheng Yuan", Wang Heng'True puppet" and Li Yu"Halibut".The second chapter mainly introduced the 20th century western dramatic history, there are many maverick drama factions and typical works."Theatre-within-theatre" as a hero in Luigi Pirandello "theatre-within-theatre"trilogy and Jean Genet works.In modern Chinese drama also appeared a new "theatre-within-theatre" works,such as Lan Guang "Last Scene",Sun Huizhu"Substitute actor B is hanging on the wall ",Stan Lai "The Peach Blossom Land"and Zou Jingzhi "I Love Peach Blossom".In this works,"theatre-within-theatre"as a mirror to mapping reality prompted the audience think of social reality.This new "theatre-Within-theatre" works expreseed a new theatrical concept with postmodernism characteristics.The third chapter basically introduced the new "theatre-within-theatre" and classical period "theatre-within-theatre" distinct.Because the new "theatre-within -theatre" has expressed by drama structure become the carrier of the ideas.Such as "theatre-within-theatre" for Germany Bertolt Brecht "alienation effect" laid the foundation and so on.