Gogol onstage

[Nancy Elizabeth Eyl]

Dear Mr. Schroer:

You might want to check out the website to the Staatsoper in Berlin
(www.staatsoper-berlin.org).  I recently saw there the opera version of
Nos (Shostakovich), and noticed that the website has some photos of the
gigantic, grotesque "nose" featured on stage.  There was also a person who
wore a nose covering the whole upper body, but the photo of this is not on
the website.  Good luck with your production!

Best wishes,
Nancy Eyl

On Tue, 7 Jan 2003, Steve Schroer wrote:

> Hello, list members --
>
> I'm the artistic director of a theater company that specializes in adapting literature for the stage. We're getting ready to do a production based on three Gogol stories ("The Overcoat," "Diary of a Madman," "The Nose"), and there are a couple of things you folks might be able to help me with, if you'd be so kind.
>
> 1) I'm trying to figure out how to represent the noselessness of Kovalev in "The Nose." How has this been handled in past productions (stage, TV, or film)? How well did these various approaches work?
>
> 2) Can anybody recommend a website or book containing pictures of 19th-century Russian uniforms, for both the civil service and the military?
>
> I'd also be interested in miscellaneous comments regarding adaptations of these stories.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steve Schroer
> Hardcover Theater
> Minneapolis, USA
>
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