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Significant figures- André Antoine (1858-1943)- France

beginning early in the 20th-century, realism became the mainstream theme for theater. Realism originally began as an experiment to create more applicable story lines and characters therefore creating a more entertaining and rewarding viewing experience. A by product of a past era soaked with melodrama and highly romanticized plays— realism became the dominant form of theatre in the 20th-century and has been ever since. In the 1920s, realism had become widespread in England, France, and the United States; in the U.S. theater boomed— There were 200 to 275 new productions a year average. One of the important groups that enhanced the theatrical presence in the U.S. was the Theatre Guild, founded in 1919 with the intention of bringing important foreign works to improve theatre in the U.S. By the mid 1920s, playwrights in the United States were also competing to have their works produced by the Theatre Guild.