| A Backstage Gallery |
| Behind the scenes... rehearsals, dressing rooms and theatre technology on postcards. |
| Stage and Stage Technology |
"Dekorationsmaler"
"Le peintre décorateur de théâtres"
pieces of scenery
scene machinery
scene machinery model
sub-stage scene machinery
scene machinery
scene machinery
scene machinery
sub-stage scene machinery
sub-stage machinery: revolving stage
sub-stage machinery: revolving stage
wave machine
fly loft
fly loft above the stage
fly loft above the stage
fly loft above the stage
fly loft above the stage
fly locking rail on stage level
I am earning my living on the stage.
freight elevator in the wings
prompt corner
ballerina waiting side-stage for her entrance
Are you There!! I am remaining behind to night -
These little details require personal attention -
dont wait dinner.
Pendant l'entracte
Gaston de La Touche: À l'Opéra, 1900
Étoiles filantes
- Il t'a engagé pour le prochain ballet? - Non! -
Qu'est-ce qu'il t'a dit? - Il m'a dit qu'il m'engagerait
quand il aurait besoin d'un manche!...
I'm tired of this same old lousy scenery!
a puppeteer backstage
stagehand opening the curtain
fireman on duty and prompter in the prompt box watching two ballerinas
view of the stage and backstage area with decoration storage, seen from the auditorium
stagehands working on the stage
view from the stage
stage
stage with prompt corner
stage with lights
lights
stage with lights
stage wall and spotlight
colour filters for stage spotlights
stage
stage light controls
main switchboard and revolving stage control
electrical transformers
light control booth
sound system
backstage staircase
| Props |
"Stage Life" (actors looking for props)
swan prop for "Lohengrin" on an advertisement postcard for ropes
("Kulisse, Prospekte und Vorhang / Kannst Du nicht heben,
Erst Seile von Troitzsch / Verschaffen der Bühne das Leben!")
film property room at Universal City Studios, California
scenery and props storage
applied arts department (during a guided tour)
| Orchestra Pit |
music stands in the orchestra pit
| Rehearsals |
Ancient Roman choregos and actors
(mosaic from Pompei in the
Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Napoli)
Edgar Degas: La Répétition de chant, ca. 1869.
Edgar Degas: Le foyer de la danse à l'Opéra de la rue Le Peletier.
(see Salle de la rue Le Peletier for more works by Degas)
Danse au théâtre (ballet rehearsal room, postcard sent in 1906)
ballet pupils
Paul Mesplès: Les petites élèves de l'Opéra - "Ça c'est un jeté" (Salon de Paris 1912)
Yu. L. Frolov: A. M. Gorky na repetitsni
v Moskovskom Khudoshestvennom teatre
(Gorky rehearsing at the Moscow Art Theatre)
Ulisse Caputo: Theaterprobe
Olivia Young: Play Reading, 1998
(MED Theatre / Performing Dartmoor)
ballet rehearsal break
dancers playing table tennis in the ballet rehearsal room
| Dressing Rooms |
![Theatregoers; [Shakespeare] In the Green Room; Tuck & Sons](misc/images/backstage_053.jpg)
Charles Cattermole: [Shakespeare] In the Green Room
dressing room at Drottingholm
Pyotr M. Shmelkov: Sbory v teatr [Call in the theatre]
dressing room at Théâtre des Variétés, Paris
Sacha Guitry in his dressing room, 1911
Albert Guillaume: Les Admirateurs
ballerinas' dressing room
P. E. Mesplès: A l'Opéra, Entrée manquée (Salon de Paris 1906)
J. M. Avy: Entr'Acte (Salon de Paris 1907)
Danseuse dans sa loge
Pardonnez-moi, ma charmante, suis-je indiscret?
Daignez accepter des quelques fleurs
en hommage à votre beauté.
Dans la Loge da la Danseuse
- Nous mangerons des écrevisses,
Des huîtres avec des saucisses,
Et nous boirons, oui, c'est certain,
Du champagne et du chamberlin.
Étoile d'Opéra - La Toilette et la Parure avant le Ballet
Albert Guillaume: Artistes de Music-Hall
E. Tabary: Une étoile dans sa loge
Rudolf Fuchs: Der Brief
Robert Schiff: Leichter als Luft
soloist's dressing room
choir dressing room
Nos artistes dans leur loge: Jane Rollette
Nos artistes dans leur loge: Jean Yonnel
Nos artistes dans leur loge: Signoret
Nos artistes dans leur loge: Tarquini d'Or
Je ne demande qu'une toute petite place...
Bert Heller: Zirkusmädchen
Zsuzsi Roboz: Backstage, 1964
(Backstage at the Windmill)
| Masks, Make-Up and Hair |
Laboratorio d'un fabricante di maschere al medio-evo
Toyohara Kunichika: Nakamura Fukusuke IV
Réjane, dans sa loge
Grete Egenolf (in der Garderobe)
K. T. Blažek: Přípravy na první maškarní
Al Teatro della Guerra
Lui: Siete attesa per l'entrata trionfale.
Lei: Un momento! ...Perchè voglio figurar bene!
(Italian political caricature)
Le Prince: Loge de théâtre
Loredana Nemes: Weißclown im Spiegel, Circus Roncalli, 2003
actor in a dressing room wearing blackface, a traditional
part of the Persian popular theatre genre "Siah Bâzi"
applying make-up in the dressing room
applying make-up in the dressing room
theatre make-up box (1828)
shelves with wigs
| Costumes |
A. Gaussen: Chez le costumier Souplet - Beim Theaterschneider, 1914
V. A. Vasilyev: Kostyomernaya masterskaya (costume workshop), 1956
| Travelling Theatres |
Ludwig Knaus: Hinter dem Vorhang
Hinter den Coulissen
| At the Stage Door |
stage door
artists at the Volkstheater stage door, Wien, Austria
(see Volkstheater, Bürgertheater, Staatsoper
and Burgtheater for more stage door
portrait postcards from Wien)
"To find a match you may always go
next to a stage door - dont you know"
(postcard made from leather, c. 1900)
Outside the Gaiety Stage Door.
The Masher: "Here she comes!"
(by Phil May)
"Housewives' Choice!"
"Mon vieux, allons voir ça dans les coulisses..."
"Il paraît que cette petite a un grand coeur... Je serais curieux de voir ce qui se cache derrière!..."
(foldable pop-up greeting card)
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