What is political theatre?
In a contemporary context it’s largely satirical, and given the openness of Cable TV and small theaters, it very often is blatantly suggestive, almost always includes touches of comedy, or at least provokes comedic thoughts, probably inflamitory, often with allusions to slander, etc. It’s concept and theme was studied and portrayed as early as the Ancient Greeks, and usually came with risk to any writers/actors, in that they had to be more mindful of offering opinions and suggestion publically. Certainly it gave theater goers and actors alike, a break from the controlled settings of War epics, Romance, things more mundane, and it speaks to the general population on a very base level. We all have opinions we can relate to, if/when, others share them. The direction was pretty much like walking a tightrope, especially prior to the 19th century, when publically sharing political opinions was nearly as taboo as sharing any feelings that didn’t follow Church notions. Personally I’m happy tho
