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All forms of theatre have dramatic conventions, some of which may be unique to that particular form, such as the poses used by actors in Japanese Kabuki theatre to establish a character, or the Stock Character of the black-cloaked, moustache twirling villain in early cinema Melodrama serials. It can also include an implausible facet of a performance required by the technical limitations or artistic nature of a production and which is accepted by the audience as part of Suspension Of Disbelief . For example, a dramatic convention in Shakespeare is that a character can move upstage to deliver a Soliloquy and will not be heard by the other characters on stage. Another dramatic convention is that characters in a Musical will not react strangely to another character's abruptly bursting into song. See also Fourth Wall . |
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