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Abstract
This thesis investigates metatheatre as a theatrical technique to probe how it has been used to represent reality and self in William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Bertolt Brecht’s The Caucasian Chalk Circle, and Jean Genet’s The Balcony. Amid three different cultural and historical conditions, the thesis traces how metatheatre addresses the psychological, the political, and the social aspects in Hamlet, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, and The Balcony. Furthermore, it attempts to answer these questions: In what way does the metatheatre represent reality and self in the three plays? How does metatheatre disrupt the gender roles in Hamlet and The Balcony? To what extent does metatheatre disrupt the power relations in The Balcony.