Exploring Truth and Illusion in Theater: A Philosophical Perspective
Delve into the intricate relationship between truth and illusion as portrayed through the lens of theater. Discover how the art of acting serves as a gateway to transcending reality and conveying profound truths through the guise of falsehood.
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Dr. Sanjay S. Patil Head & Associate prof. Detp of Dramatics
INDIAN METHOD IN ACTING Prasanna A Game of Falsehood. Theater is not real. Nothing that happens on the stage is real. In this sense theater is unreal. Perception on stage and reality off stage have no connection whatsoever. Every thing on stage is made up, make-belief.
BECAUSE THEATER IS A GAME Theater is an extraordinary, unique game that used falsehood as its base. However falsehood is not its intent. That is the beauty of the game. The intention of theme is indeed the opposite of falsehood. it is a search for truth. The false base is a technique employed in theater. If you do not use a false base, the truth will not come out. The aim of even realistic theater is to realize truth.
A delightful game of duplicity Theater is a game If it is played by rules if it is performed on the stage before an audience Theater is the opposite of real life. Theater is a game to be played and enjoyed.
Like a Lotus Flower Relationship between theater and falsehood it is similar to the relationship between a lotus flower and the slush from which it rises. While the lotus flower is beautiful, the slush is dirty. Ad yet they are inseparably connected to each other. Just as the lotus flower is the pinnacle of glory for the lotus plant, so is the realization of truth the pinnacle of a glory for a stage performance. You could say, truthful communication is the basic purpose of theater. The fundamental purpose of theater is simply to communicate truthfully, and that too in a playful manner.
Truth and Reality Reality is not truth, it is, in fact the main obstacle to understand the truth. The problem with reality is that it does not let us see beyond it. Reality and truth are closely related but are not the same. Truth is not tangible, where as reality is. Reality can be felt, touched and experienced . It can be measured. So much so that we think we understand the truth of matter. But we understand matter only as a matter. And that too, partially. The Perception of reality is always partial. Truth is like the moon; it can not be fully realized in reality alone.
A transcendental process We cannot easily transcend the real world in theater, we create an unreal world on stage; we create a story. As actors, we occupy a fictional world as fictional characters and thus attempt to indirectly realize the true nature of this world. That is theater. Theater is transcendental just like experiencing god is transcendental. Theater when it is done well, definitely has a transcendental quality.
