When I saw my first naturalistic play, I was shocked.
On his return to India he encouraged playwrights to set aside the classical style and to take to naturalistic plays.
"But we can't just keep producing well-made, naturalistic plays."
"This is a decidedly straightforward, naturalistic play," he said.
He has moved away from the small-scale naturalistic play in which he used to specialize.
In Arden's introductory note to the text, he describes it as "a realistic, but not a naturalistic" play.
The pieces range from naturalistic plays to outre attempts at redefining the avant-garde.
"It's one of the first naturalistic, psychological plays."
Which is why I think naturalistic plays with domestic situations need very careful handling.
Weill saw Rice's naturalistic play in 1930 and wanted to adapt it.