The show-business world is the world that enterprising men and women have created and lived in through years and decades of the XX- th century. The achievements and failures of its development have largely affected the lifestyle and the people all over the world. What were those achievements and failures? What is the character of show business and the people who belong to it? What is its particular spirit that runs through the course of its history, recognized, if not always understood, by ordinary people?
To answer these questions let us first look more closely at the world of theatre that still retains much of its magic charm, despite the major advances of television. The long centuries during which theatre developed as a form of art have helped to shape both: the genres and the peculiarities of stage-performance. The knowledge — unconsciously assimilated since childhood — that one can produce the words and perform the actions of any character in a theatre performance inspired many people to become
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actors, for this profession often encourages a sense of uniqueness, of belonging to 'the selected few' — which, however slight, could easily slide into one of superiority.
People have always been conscious of the world of theatre, and from ancient tragedies to the present-day performances have sought at every level to understand and improve the reality that surrounds them with the help of the stage.