Theatre system

The term Theatre system (or Theatrical system), refers to the dynamic network of activities and interactions that go into the making of theatre industry in a country, including the specific theatrical performances or theatre events taking place.

Origins of systemic thinking

Based on early sociological thinking about open systems (or systems theory)[1], the biologist Ludwig von Bertalanffy (1901–1972)[2] developed a concept he called general systems theory[3]. These ideas were adopted by others in the 20th century, including people working in mathematics, psychology, biology, game theory and social network analysis, including Talcott Parsons and Niklas Luhmann, who used the approach in order to describe society.

It was first applied to literature and the arts by **

Polysystem theory

A useful variation of this

The theatre system

Starting from the creative activities of writers, performers, designers, directors, etc, through administrative and other basic and support activities, such as marketing, ticket-sales, agencies. It also includes external matters (censorship processes, copyrighting, publishing, sponsorship, etc). The notion is a simplified version of the more complex ideas espoused by general systems theory[].

See also Theatrical event, Performance, Production, Theatre tradition

TO BE EXPANDED

Sources

Hauptfleisch 1997.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systems_theory

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_system_(systems_theory)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_von_Bertalanffy

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