I’ve since hit the books (over 30 of them) and only one mention of hyper-realism a lengthy discussion in Glynne Wickham’s A History of Theatre. Nevertheless, it is worthy of discussion as to whether theatre companies (and others) actually consider hyper-realism a theatrical style? To be fair, their media release was not specific, stating their production simply “uses hyper-realism …”, so they may not have ever intended to use hyper-realism in the acting, itself. Unfortunately, the production in question was cancelled in advance of its season, so we will never discover exactly how the theatre company intended to use “hyper-realism” in their version of Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler (corrected in post). Therese, thank you for your excellent comments! thank you for the putting this question out in the world! I have been working with poetry this way and am excited by the thoughts of how this could be presented through theater – esp. My thesis would be that Zola wanted to see nature through a specific (subjective) lens, whereas the artists of the hyperrealist movement want to put nature under a microscope and objectify it almost to the point of abstraction. I would say that if there were a hyperrealistic theater it would differ mainly in intention first – then of course it would need to develop into a style or “formal” movement. To say naturalism encompasses realism would also be a simplistic statement. Emile Zola was one of the Naturalist writers. (And “This is what differentiates theatre from art.” is just puzzling to me)… I am not an expert, but am confident that Naturalism was an extreme of realism’s commitment to reproduction and the comment above got it backwards. I disagree with the comment above, that “realism encompasses naturalism”. I have a background in theater and teach theater at a performing high school, but never really considered hyperrealism’s connection (or lack thereof) to the naturalist movement. (No worries, I am not here to spam your blog). I am currently a doctorate student in England and am exploring how the art movement of hyperrealism can be paralleled in poetry.
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