Simplify the following

1. Realistic acting was used
2. People from real life – no stock characters
3. No soliloquies, asides, chorus etc.
4. No recognition of the audience
5. Adhere to the fourth wall convention

1. Realistic acting was employed.

2. Characters were not stereotypes, but rather realistic people.
3. No direct address or commentary to the audience.
4. Characters did not acknowledge the presence of an audience.
5. Followed the convention of the fourth wall.