Materiality in Action: Costume and Light on the Eighteenth-Century Stage
Petra Dotlačilová
Chapter from the book: Schneider M. & Wagner M. 2023. Performing the Eighteenth Century: Theatrical Discourses, Practices, and Artefacts.
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Chapter from the book: Schneider M. & Wagner M. 2023. Performing the Eighteenth Century: Theatrical Discourses, Practices, and Artefacts.
This chapter reports on a two-day experimental research workshop that focused on the relationship between costume and candlelight on the eighteenth-century stage, which took place in 2017 at the Ulriksdal Palace Theatre, in the outskirts of Stockholm. Providing an overview of the lighting situation on eighteenth-century stages, it discusses the sources that were used for the recreation of the costume for a Fury, with tools drawn from experimental archaeology, and analyses the dramatic effect of the costume in performance.
Dotlačilová, P. 2023. Materiality in Action: Costume and Light on the Eighteenth-Century Stage. In: Schneider M. & Wagner M (eds.), Performing the Eighteenth Century. Stockholm: Stockholm University Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.16993/bce.g
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Published on June 20, 2023