"Det gör godt att skåda" : bildning, moral och underhållning i dramatik och offentlig debatt under teatersäsongen 1868-69 i Stockholm
Sammanfattning: The purpuse of this study is to explore the views held on theatre and the idea-content of the theatre-productions during this specific year. The conception of the theatre's role in society is presented on the basis of the debates about theatre held in the parliament and by the press. The idea-content of the theatre-productions is described on the basis of the plays performed on the stages in Stockholm. The prevailing ideal in the parliament and in the press is that the theatre should serve as a tool for aesthetic and moral education. The theatre should at the same time fulfill the audience's demand for entertainment. Education and entertainment should be able to be combined by conveying the education in an agreeable manner. The theatre is supposed to depict real life, but the creation must be illuminated by idealism and display a virtuous tendency. The general terms of idealism emerge in the fictive world of drama in terms of rules and norms concerning acting in a right or wrong way. The basic tendency is approving harmony and mutual understanding, contrary to individualism and egoism. The acknowledgement of the right norms leads to a state of collective happiness. The theatre embodies and idealises the social agreements prevailing in the society.
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