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Georg Büchner - Woyzeck
Galluzzo, Elisa ; KOUBSKÁ, Vlasta (advisor) ; KORČÁK, Jakub (referee)
This master thesis of scenography is a study on the play Woyzeck written in 1836 by
the German author Georg Büchner. My intention is to examine how the engaging
story of a drama written in the 19th century, set into a military background, can be
reinterpreted today in our society. The aim of my researches is the elaboration of a
contemporary mise en scène of the play set into an ideological factory as the ideal
scenario for the developing of the dramatic situations of Woyzeck.
My final scenography proposal for the drama is a site-specific project in the Prada
Foundation of Milan; an ex-factory of an Italian distillery society, now turned in one of
the main art centres of the city.
I am starting the thesis with a research about the historical background of the play
through a short biography of the author. In this part, I am aiming to explain how the
social context, the relationship with his family and a few of actual events happened at
the time of Büchner, have inspired him to write, perhaps, his greatest work. I continue
by writing an analysis of the dramaturgical structure of the text, of the main themes
and situations within the play and the characters. I am highlighting the themes of the
play that in the 21th century are extremely contemporary. In parallel, I analyse how
the characters behave in different dramatic situations and precisely I try to reveal
their real way of being instead of what appear only on the surfaces.
Moreover, I write about a few of the greatest reinterpretations of the play that
supported my studies and researches. Here, I mainly focus on the directing and
dramaturgical aspects of each production that enriched my vision of the play helping
me to develop my final version.
The last part of my thesis is about my own reinterpretation of Woyzeck. I am
explaining which are the aspects and the themes of the play that I find still very
connected with our society. I write about my creative process and about how exactly
my research led to the final proposal of the comparison between the military system,
of two centuries ago, and the factory system of today. Afterward, I take in exam a few
of the artworks that encouraged over my personal reinterpretation of directing and
dramaturgical aspects. I write about how elements from these artworks inspired me
concretely for the realization of my final work. Finally, I explain in details the directing
and dramaturgical choices for the disposition of the storyboard as the final result of
my personal research.
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