Richard Brome's The Antipodes (or, The World Upside Down) (1638), a Renaissance travel play, can be viewed as a metadrama, which is a play about plays. The main part of The Antipodes includes a play within the play, wherein actors and the director/playwright are aware that they are performing a play and keep discussing the making of the said play. Moreover, the on-stage audience keeps commenting on the acting of these players. Dramatic ”realism” is repeatedly undermined by theatrical practices.