The 18th century nursed some of the major important changes in the development of text especially with regards to the role of the actor as incorporated within the idea of text. Many of these changes came about because of the need for different countries to affirm their theatre and mostly, especially in France, because the concept of a new reformed theatre was being born. During the 19th century theatre was being used as a social …
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…purpose of which was to educate the spectator about the social issues that existed. By the 20th century, this notion shifted completely from the written text to a text of signs relating the physical to the metaphysical, rejecting language for sound creating a link between the concrete and the abstract. During this evolution, one can clearly see how the actor has been integrated within the notion of text despite any contrasting views along the way.