Two Trains Running | Style
Unity of Place
Although Two Trains Running focuses on the changing circumstances of an entire community and describes large-scale events, such as rallies and funerals, the entire play takes place inside a small restaurant. Wilson thus follows a dramatic convention called the unity of place, a term invented to describe the tendency in ancient Greek drama for all of the action to occur in a single location.
One function of this formal choice is to achieve a sense of realism, since the audience does not have to imagine being transported for a change of...
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