Is it possible for audiences to be transported to the theatrical past? Though the landmark theatres Teatro Olimpico and Drottningholm Slottsteater appear to differ completely, the meanings of their pasts are interpreted through the concepts of historicity versus historicism. After briefly examining the theatres’ histories and the historiography of their place in theatre history, we then analyse the details of the Olimpico's and Slottsteater's ‘performances’ in the following characteristics: how their distinctive features employ motion and space, the presence of their silent ghost audiences, their similarities as one-room theatres and in the ‘democratic nature’ of their auditoriums, and their use of trompe l'oeil in their construction. Through these elements, the Teatro Olimpico and Drottningholm Slottsteater perform their pasts, achieving their status as iconic playhouses that still make an impact on audiences and visitors. Does that impact effectively ‘take us back in time’?

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奥林匹克剧院和德洛廷霍尔姆剧院如何“演绎”他们的过去

是否有可能将观众带回到戏剧的过去？尽管标志性剧院奥林匹克剧院和皇后岛剧院看起来完全不同，但它们过去的意义是通过历史性与历史主义的概念来解释的。在简要考察了剧院的历史以及它们在戏剧史上的地位的史学之后，我们分析了奥林匹克剧院和斯洛特斯特剧院的“表演”的细节，包括以下特征：它们的独特特征如何运用运动和空间，它们沉默的幽灵的存在观众、他们与单间剧院的相似之处以及礼堂的“民主性质”，以及他们对错视画在他们的建设中。通过这些元素，奥林匹克剧院和皇后岛剧院表演了他们的过去，成就了他们作为标志性剧院的地位，至今仍然对观众和游客产生影响。这种影响是否有效地“让我们回到过去”？