Pierrette and Pierrot in Pierrette’s Veil

From The Director's Prism: E. T. A. Hoffmann and the Russian Theatrical Avant-Garde by Dassia N. Posner

Photograph from the 1916 Kamerny Theatre revival of the 1913 Svobodny Theatre production of Pierrette's Veil. Pierrette (Koonen), her hair in braids, supports the dead Pierrot (Tseretelli), both lovers in all white. Pierrot was one of many roles that Tseretelli played opposite Koonen at the Kamerny. See book: p. 103, 165, 172; figure 25
Creator(s)	Tairov, Alexander
Creator Role	director
Contributor(s)	Koonen, Alisa (actor) Tseretelli, Nikolai (actor) Dohnányi, Ernő (composer) Arapov, Anatoly (artist) Schnitzler, Arthur (author)
Subjects	Performing Arts
Date	Libretto/score published: 1910 Svobodny premiere: November 4, 1913 Kamerny remount premiere: October 6, 1916
Related Section	Chapter 2: Tairov-Celionati: Mime-Drama and Kaleidoscopic Commedia Chapter 3: Peregrinus Tyss Meets Pipifax: Eisenstein, the Grotesque, and the Attraction
Keywords	commedia dell’arte Pierrette pantomime mime-drama Koonen Pierrot Svobodny Theatre Kamerny Theatre
Content Type	photograph
Language	Russian
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Copyright Holder	Digital photograph copyright © Vladislav Ivanov
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Credit Line	Photograph collection of A. B. Chizhov
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Pierrette (Alisa Koonen) and Pierrot (Nikolai Tseretelli) in Pierrette’s Veil, by Arthur Schnitzler, music by Ernő Dohnányi, directed by Alexander Tairov, Moscow Kamerny Theatre (remount premiere: October 6, 1916). Photograph collection of A. B. Chizhov.

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