What Is The Mood Of The Changes In Theatre During The Industrial Revolution

Throughout the 19th history saw a boom in industry, and not just products that were begin made. History saw a boom in the way products were made, the way people lived their lives. There were innovations in machinery such as trains and tools in manufacturing, but there were also innovations in the way people thought. During the Industrial Revolution we saw minds such as Marx and Darwin begin to set their thoughts onto the people of the world. Having said that, there was also unrest in the world, this was the time of the Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic War. All of these factors of the Industrial Revolution changed the lives of people living in the time, and theatre is a reflection of life, so naturally it also affected the theatre. The first thing that needs to be remember is that with the Industrial Revolution people began to move. With the train becoming more available people moved into cities, with people moving into cities they needed more things to do, this caused a boom in theatrical productions. (McCracken, 2/5) Through this boom of theatrical productions we saw a rise in Romanticism in theatre. Romanticism included Strum und Drang, an idea that theatre did not need to be so rigid, that it was about individuality and independence, it was all about the mood of the play and no subject matter was off
Riots broke out in many theatres due to plays that didn’t follow neoclassical rules or the preference for one actor over another. The Hernani Riots were caused by the violation of neoclassical rules, they were between the traditionalists and the romantics and lasted 54 nights in which the audience members shouted, rioted, and fought. (McCraken, 2/5) Luckily this theatrical change did not carry on into the modern theatre world, people are a lot less aggressive about their theatrical