ABSTRACT
How does truth happen in theatre? Western theatre is a by-product of the Greek Moment. Truth being something of a handmaiden to consensus. Tolstoy tells us that truth resides in the “tiny bit.” This is his way of talking about the power of tiny, infinitesimal details. Regardless, finding the truth in the telling detail/bit becomes one of Stanislavsky’s great quests. A simple moment that reveals a profound truth about the ways in which we try to make amends to the ones we love. “Truth,” the old saying goes, “is like a black cat, it’s very hard to get ahold of.” When it comes to truth in modern theatre, playwright Harold Pinter is very much a black cat. Healing process is a kind of restoration of truth which is part of the etymological root of the early Greeks’ understanding of the word. For them, aletheia literally meant “not to be hidden or forgotten.”.
