A master's thesis at the College of Fine Arts, University of Basra, examined the alternation of continuity and estrangement in contemporary theatrical performance. The thesis presented by the researcher (Abbas Kazem Rahima) included the topic of searching for contrast and difference with the previous understanding of theatrical performance, which is based on continuity and successive linearity of events, and bypassing the limited viewpoints on the nature of The theatrical form, and the interactions that permeate the theatrical structure. Permanence and estrangement can have an important impact in shaping the relationship between the show and the audience.
The thesis discussed how continuity and estrangement arise by employing time and the interaction and rotation of theatrical elements in the artistic form, which reveal themselves in different ways in the theatrical structure based on continuity and communication.
The message concluded the mechanisms of receiving the offer are based on interpretation To reveal the facts of the presentation and explain the reasons for the purpose of correct understanding based on controls stemming from the nature of the explanatory material in the case of the dominance of continuity, and the reception of the presentation based on the duality of interpretation and interpretation in the alternation of permanence and estrangement, and the reception of the narration based on the interpretation in the dominance of estrangement.