In the early twentieth century the majority of
American and British playwrights believed in
staging domesticity for a public audience to make
spectators more involved in addressing domestic
inequalities imposed on women. The term "theatrical
space" implies that the audience is important in
subsidizing meaning to dramatic works. Moreover, a
dialectical relationship of theatrical space and
domestic space points to the fact that modernist
plays display intentions on the part of playwrights
to address social issues related to domesticity.
This book intends to show how the dramatic
representation of domestic space opens different
interpretations on stage, which is intended for a
public performance. The way domestic space is
presented on stage invokes questions concerning the
playwright's purposes in dramatic performances.