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posted by [identity profile] bugshaw.livejournal.com at 03:13pm on 14/05/2008
In many cases the wall is necessary to prevent (or discourage) inappropriate interaction between audience and performers.

In others, such as stand-up comedy, the wall is much more porous and allows for heckling. Could someone stand on stage and say "The fourth wall - now you see it, now you don't - now you see it, now you don't" and switch it on and off just with their body language?

When it's there, it aids suspension of disbelief; it is a retaining wall that holds the conventions of theatre in.
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