Abstract

This chapter contains section titled: Minimal General Success Conditions for Basic Theatrical Understanding Physical and Affective Responses of Audiences as Non‐Discursive Evidence of Understanding The Success Conditions for Basic Theatrical Understanding Met by Moment‐to‐moment Apprehension of Performances “Immediate Objects,” “Developed Objects,” and “Cogency” Objects of Understanding having Complex Structures Generalizing Beyond Plays The Problem of “Cognitive Uniformity”