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Open Science journal, vol.2, no.3, pp.1-9, 2017 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
Reception theory or aesthetics is the name which takes part in the literary world, gives reader responsibility as well as the author about meaning or interpretation of author's works and analyze reader's function in this field. It's a matter of debate or study, who give a meaning to the work. When does the work have a meaning? Who constitutes the meaning? Reader or author? In the context of our subject, in what way does the reception process realize for theater audience and children's theatre audience? Is there a difference between adult theatre and children's theatre? The subject of this study is to answer this question "In what way does the reception realize among the children 4 aged and older composing children's theatre audience group in our country? " in the light of the cognitive development theory of Piaget and the reception aesthetics of W. Iser on the basis of observations made during children's plays and interviews made after the play.