The Picture Should Extend Beyond the Frame: The Structure of “Mis en Abyme” in the Play “Cyrano de Bergerac” by Edmond Rostand and the Spectacle by Denis Podalydès
Abstract
The author analyses the spectacle, played since 2006 in the Comédie Française (with the participation of Andrzej Seweryn) and discusses the so called structure of mis en abyme (mirror effects, self-regarding) in Edmond Rostand’s Cyrano de Bergerac. The structure artfully repeated on various planes of the piece can be seen in the drama itself. In Denis Podalydès’ spectacle (inspired by Jean-Paul Rappeneau’s film Cyrano de Bergerac) it gained an extra dimension by placing a screen above the stage and by references to the conventions of the silent film. Łucja Demby analyses the spatial and semantic relations which theatre and film enter through this procedure, and stresses that these two plays are two different aspects of presentation. In conclusion, the author refers to Michel Foucault’s reflections on “the presentation of performance” with respect to the image of Velazquez’s Las Meninas.
Keywords:
Comédie Française, mis en abyme, Edmond Rostand, Denis Podalydès, Michel FoucaultReferences
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Łucja Dembykwartalnik.filmowy@ispan.pl
Jagiellonian University Poland
Dr hab., adiunkt w Instytucie Sztuk Audiowizualnych Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego. Studiowała filmoznawstwo i teatrologię na Uniwersytecie Jagiellońskim. Doktorat z zakresu francuskiej teorii filmu: Poza rzeczywistością. Spór o wrażenie realności w historii francuskiej myśli filmowej (2002); habilitacja – monografia Harmonia świata. Twórczość filmowa Nikity Michałkowa (2009). W swoim dorobku ma publikacje z zakresu teorii i analizy filmu, analizy i recenzje spektakli teatralnych oraz tłumaczenia z języka francuskiego.
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