Photograph of Samuil Vermel as Pierrot

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

Photograph of Samuil Vermel as Pierrot, his costume white with black pompoms, standing, head back, with a hand on a chair. Vermel, a recurrent author in Meyerhold’s journal Love for Three Oranges, was one of the many theorist-practitioners of his day. He was an alternate actor for the role of Pierrot, more typically played by Nikolai Tseretelli, at the Moscow Kamerny Theatre. See book: p. 15
Creator(s)	Sakharov, M.
Creator Role	photographer
Contributor(s)	Tairov, Alexander (director) Orlov, P. (photographer) Vermel, Samuil (actor) Dohnányi, Ernő (composer) Schnitzler, Arthur (author)
Subjects	Performing Arts
Date	Premiered November 4, 1913 Remounted October 6, 1916 Photo taken in 1917
Related Section	Introduction: Hoffmann’s Prism
Keywords	Kamerny Theatre Pierrot Pierrette commedia dell’arte pantomime
Content Type	photograph
Language	Russian
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Rightsholder	Laurence Senelick
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Credit Line	Laurence Senelick Collection
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Samuil Vermel as Pierrot in Pierrette’s Veil, by Arthur Schnitzler, music by Ernő Dohnányi, directed by Alexander Tairov (photo from the 1916 remount at the Moscow Kamerny Theatre). Photo: M. Sakharov & P. Orlov, 1917. Laurence Senelick Collection.

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