The Battle of Arminius

Subject

Theatrical Companies
Theater--History--19th century
Theaters--Stage-setting and scenery
Set designers
Performances
Theater--Production and direction

Description

1875--German--Final scene of the Battle of Arminius--one of the trademark crowd scenes. Saxe-Meiningen used no extras, which limited the numbers available for crowd scenes, but intentionally cramped sets made the actors spill into the wings, creating the illusion of masses offstage.

Original Date

1875

Digitized Date

Mon, 07/02/2001

Original Media

Image

Original Format

image/slide

Digital Format

image/tif

Local Identifier

theaterhistory743

Coverage

German
1800-1899
Saxe-Meinengen
Design
Scenery
Performances
Productions