Short Scene Performance 2 Carla Immerwahir:

One of the most widely available pictures of Clara. Estimated year of picture: 1900

A modern day re-creation of Carla Immerwahir and Fritz Haber for the upcoming TV Series Carla Immerwahir directed by Harald Sicheritz.

Potrait of Clara Immerwahir available from M. Stolarska-Fronia: Udzia rodowisk ydw wrocawskich w artystycznym i kulturalnym yciu miasta od emancypacji do 1933 roku. Wydawnictwo Neriton, Warszawa 2008

The history of German arts is classified into the following eras: Classical Era 18th century- consisting of orchestral music. Romantic Era- 19th century new and innovative practices in music emerged. Symphonies, works on piano, violin and opera became popular 20th Century Differences in German society start becoming noticeable in music as well. Notable Jew musicians such as Arnold Schoenberg create a new kind of music without any repetition and did not follow the tone centric music compositions [1]. Famous German Musicians of the 19th and early 20th century: Richard Wagner Johannes Brahms Ludwig van Beethoven Mozart Gustav Mahler Jew musician who achieved success in spite of the anti-Semitic opinions of influential musicians such as Wagner. Mahler became the most famous composer and conductor of the early 1900s at the Vienna State Opera [1]. Arnold Schoenberg

Notes:

Richard Wagner and Johannes Brahms dominated and shaped the early 19th century music in Germany. While Wagner followed a conventional form of music and provided a path to musicians such as Haydn,

Mozart and Beethoven who eventually became legends in the history of music [1]. Richard Wagner was also an anti-Semite which is evident in his creations and public opinions. Vienna established itself as the musical center of the world in the later years of the 19th century and was home to performances of world famous musicians of that time. Famous Dances of 1900s [2]: Polka Originated in Bohemia Mazurka Originated in Poland Galop Originated in France Waltz Originated in Germany at the end of the 18th century. One of the most popular couple dances of the 19th century Cotillon

http://dancetimepublications.com/resources/social-dance-timeline/1880-1900-the-victorian-era/

Stage Design of various scenes: Scene 1: Pg 23 Haber and Clara meet for the first time The scene involves Clara giving her dissertation to the audience at the University. As such, the following information on the clothing for dissertation was found for a University in Finland [3] Black, long sleeved dress Small neckline without a hat

The decorum surrounding the dissertation process is generally kept constant from the past and it will be a fair assumption that similar dress requirements were set up during the early 20th century when Clara received her Ph.D. The above description of the dress is also very similar to the dress worn by Clara in her picture shown as Picture 1 I would thus make Clara wear a black gown with long sleeves and a short neckline for this scene as shown in the image below.

Famous 20th century women scientists. All of them have striking similarity in the dress sense which consists of a long sleeved robe with additional work done on the dress close the neck region.

Famous 20th century European scientists, Niels Bohr, Paul Dirac, Enrico Fermi (left to right). The general dressing pattern for male scientists for that period consisted of a suit and tie. Based on color pictures of that time, the suit was generally black along with a white shirt and black tie.

Staging Schematics:

Theatre in the Round: Good for small theatre rooms. Puts audience in the view of each other and provides a 360 degree view of the play. Appropriate when there is not a lot of background information to be conveyed to the audience. Source: Scenography.co.uk

Thrust Stage: Similar to the Theatre in the Round, the audience however only sits along the three dimensions. Advantage of this is that the we can reduce the possibility of the audience seeing the back of the characters

Proscenium Arch: Audience faces the characters directly. Effective in scenes when a lot of scenic and background information to be conveyed to the audience.

The apron is added in addition to the Proscenium Theatre. This can be useful if in certain scenes the characters can come forward into the apron to surprise the audience with a reduced distance between them and connect with them further. Source: Blue-room.org

The image above shows the open stage schematics which shows the different outlines (shapes) of the previously shown stage designs. Circular, polygonal and rectangular are some of these new shapes. Source: Vtheatre.net

Furniture of the 20th century:

The Leopoldinum Auditorium at the Wroclaw University (previously University of Breslau, where Clara Immerwahr received her Ph.D.). The picture is of the auditorium in its original from when it was erected in 1728-1732 From the showroom of antique furniture (Harp Galleries Antique Showroom):

Fireplace mantel 1900

Another fireplace of 1900