Scenery stage
The stage stage or alley stage was developed in the second half of the 16th century and is the predominant stage system during the Baroque period . It replaces the angle frame stage of the Renaissance.
The backdrop stage is divided into alleys , which are formed by staggered one behind the other, mostly painted side scenes . They allow appearances from the sides and hide the lighting . A painted rear prospect hangs in front of the rear wall of the stage . The upper limit is formed by rows of festoons . Scenery carriages, cable pulls and other elements of the stage machinery allow complex transformations . However, the illusion is still basically created by two-dimensional stage painting.
The stage technology of the scenery stage required an upper stage (with the Schnürboden ) and a lower stage, for example for the recesses . Thus, the stage space was expanded into a stage house. The auditorium was no longer round like the angled frame stage, but rather a horseshoe shape.
The backdrop stage can be referred to in the broader sense as a peep box stage . However, the more modern peep box stages in the 19th century no longer attempt to create the impression of infinite depth, but rather to display clear spatial boundaries. The painted backdrops are also giving way more and more to the plastic and practical decorative elements, i.e. furniture or rocks on the stage, or windows that are not only painted but can be opened.
The division into alleys has been preserved in many theaters to this day.
literature
- Arnold Jacobshagen (Hrsg.): Practice music theater. A manual , Laaber: Laaber-Verlag 2002, p. 226, ISBN 3-89007-512-6