Early Creative Experiment of Meyerhold Under the Influence of Maeterlinck

Hongxin Liang

doi:10.6918/IJOSSER.202510_8(10).0025

Authors

Hongxin Liang

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6918/IJOSSER.202510_8(10).0025

Keywords:

Meyerhold; Maeterlinck; Stanislavski; Symbolism; Conditional Theatre.

Abstract

Meyerhold, as a disciple of Nemirovich-Danchenko early on, was appreciated by Stanislavski for his play of Ivan IV in "Vasilisa Melentyeva". Meyerhold joined the troupe of Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre in 1889, by then Stanislavski had already brought Maeterlinck's plays to Moscow, influenced by the two, Meyerhold began creative experiments of symbolist drama in 1903, Meyerhold and his new drama club rehearsed a series of symbolist dramas including Maeterlinck. Taking the closure of the drama Stukia as a milestone, Meyerhold's symbolist drama experiments were divided into two phases: before his parting ways with Stanislavski in 1905, when he left the Vera Komissarzhevskaya Theatre in 1907. These early experiments had a profound impact on the conditional drama he made later.

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