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Theatre studies

Abel's term for drama that is aware of its own theatricality, in which characters see life as theatre or stage themselves.

In theatre studies, metatheatre refers to Abel's term for drama that is aware of its own theatricality, in which characters see life as theatre or stage themselves. This meaning comes from Abel (1963) in Metatheatre: A New View of Dramatic Form.[1]

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Abel, L. (1963). Metatheatre: A new view of dramatic form. Hill and Wang. Open Library record

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