(Re)marking the Overlooked or Stanislavski's Napkin

A photograph of Konstantin Stanislavsky, his mother, and his brother Vladimir found in a translation of Stanislavsky's "My Life in Art" is discussed, in the context of considering photographs as maps. More than a subject, a photogaph maps different patterns of looking. The inclusion o...

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Published in:Performance research 2001-01, Vol.6 (2), p.4-19
Main Author: Melrose, Susan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Actors
Design
Dramatic theory
Sets and Set Pieces
Stage Production
Stanislavski, Konstantin
Theater Directors
Theater History
Translations
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Summary:A photograph of Konstantin Stanislavsky, his mother, and his brother Vladimir found in a translation of Stanislavsky's "My Life in Art" is discussed, in the context of considering photographs as maps. More than a subject, a photogaph maps different patterns of looking. The inclusion of this particular photograph, in this particular volume, maps something else again. Photographs are also discussed in relation to the metaphors Stanislavsky is known to have employed to enable actors in his stage productions to inhabit their roles, as well as his techniques in set design, and it is asserted that the scenic floor-plans and theater logics of practice Stanislavsky is known to have mapped out will outlast the work of the actors for which he mapped them.
ISSN:1352-8165
1469-9990
DOI:10.1080/13528165.2001.10871780