Mise en scène

The term Mise en Scène (French for " set the scene " for ) describes the staging of a theater scene.

The design begins with the dimension of the game space whose device ( equipment) as well as the configuration with playable objects ( props ). This technical part of the production is also referred to as a set dressing or staging.

The second aspect of the mise -en-scène, the arrangement and movement of the actors in the room. The limit for staging is blurred, because the spatial conditions can affect the appearance or vice versa during the staging often the intended representation must be considered.

In contrast to the modern ( German ) theater directing, which focuses on " inner " operations between the figures and on conceptual thoughts that are often not visible, Mise en Scène rather describes the establishment of the immediately visible things and processes. A Mise en Scène puts more emphasis on " externals " such as stage or choreography as a conventional theater directing.

In the 19th century numerous " livrets de mise en scène " (directed books) were published, which allowed re-enact significant premieres of the same stage and the same positions and transitions of the actors in smaller local theaters. The development of the " adjustment " known rehearsals for the intrinsically creative director began in theatrical naturalism after 1880.