The Possessed

Demons *

But do you understand, I cry to him, do you understand that along with happiness, in the exact same way and in perfectly equal proportion, man also needs unhappiness! - The Possessed or Demons

Summary

The levels (Meyerhold' set on the left) -- places: Stavrogin's, Lyebyadkin's, Shatov & Kirilov are next + street, bridge.

Quesions

Should the Stavrogin inner world be projected on the entire set? Images and sounds of this parallel reality (to collect).

Notes

Constructivism: multiple stages = two on stage, four sidestages, seven -- aprin! (Film Principle?)

Shannon Colburn -- set

Set

2005: Oedipus X

2006: PM Project

Thoughts, ideas, visions....
Three platfoms on stage + plus, the street (pit). Side stages: Tihon's, Stavrogin's room (suicide) and --
There is no Tihon, only voices in Stavrogin's head -- Tihon's lines are given to characters close to Stavrogin. Coming from different directions, seven stages...
More images on Tara's pages -- costumes.org To connect photos to act 1 and act 2?
Set, Costumes and Sound could help to place the story in America 2003. Non-specific; any country, by the time is now?
Commercial images (outside) are missing to clash them with Gordin's images (inside). Matrix style -- how to establish the thematic connection?
If this is "mindscape" -- should I go abstract, like in formalism?
How does set move ("live")? Music when the set changes. Besides Bach -- techno-sounds? In conflict -- like the noises of nightmare, mind' sounds.
Almost as a split stage?
Different places, the same time?
Cinematic Principle. Must be established from the start. HyperDrama again? Can I simply reorganize Camus' text in this manner?
In short, virtual theatre technique, but on traditional stage (?)
Should we simply take Meyerhold's design? Platforms. Walks. Shadow Theatre again? Screen(s)?