THEA 1314 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Moscow Art Theatre, Stanislavski'S System, Konstantin Stanislavski
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Ancient greece: playwrights (aeschylus, cast their own plays, taught principle actors their parts, train the chorus. Renaissance / restoration period: actor-managers, performers with a strong organizational capacity, systemized performances that actors and audience both strongly understand. Realism: georg ii, duke of saxe-meiningen, german, 1826-1914, had lots of time and money, created the meininger ensemble, obsessed with , historical accuracy, naturalism, unification of elements, andre antoine, french, 1858-1943, theatre libre : embraced realism. "the fourth wall" : the imagined barrier at edge of proscenium through which audience sees the action: konstantin stanislavski, russian, moscow art theatre : toured to much of the world, created acting system for realism. Late modern era: richard wagner, german, 1813-1883, wrote and designed operas, no need for realistic settings, but everything should be unified. The auteur: director who controls all aspects of the production even the script, can manipulate everything as they see fit, vsevolod meyerhold, russian 1875-1940, used actors as automatons + acrobats.
