The Internet isn't just showing up as THE medium for transferring information in our century with all the advantages of being fast, accessible to everybody in the whole world etc. Again, it is not just a medium for communication about theatre, it can also be material for theatre and it can be used as a place to stage plays. Artists in general are always asked to reflect the world in which they live in their very special way. No wonder that artists react to a phenomenon like the Internet, which is getting more and more important in our society - in an economically global context as well as in our private lives. Therefore the subject of this contribution is, strictly speaking, theatrical production in the world wide web.
Dramatists use the world wide web as a space for producing theatre.
They create theatrical performances in the Internet. Before theatrical productions in the world wide web can be examined more closely, some introductory comments have to be made. Actually, this is an important aspect too, and the studies on theatrality in our daily life consequently lead us to rethink this aspect concerning the Internet. Those reflections could maybe introduce the subject on an analogous discourse, which was established when radio and film were called into being. In this paper the world wide web is seen as a room within the meaning of stage.