How Stanislavski might costume Anastasia

So much schlock!

“The kids are intrested in princes and princesses.”

My 9 year old wrote that after reading yesterday’s (12th) essay about Anastasia. (that was his 12th attempt at spelling interested. close enough.)

Most designers I know prefer a peasant to a prince. It is not just that the peasantry gets that under-dog sympathy - designers like peasant clothing better. Which look do you prefer, for yourself? White silk brocade, capes, corsets and veils? or, plaid wools, fat belts and chunky boots? Anastasia draws a heavy line between the peasants and the aristocrats, and illustrates that with wildly different costumes:

to really really understand the appeal of aristocracy, I think we should skip Disney for a day, and go back to the Cherry Orchard: The play that predicted the Russian revolution.

Chekhov recreated a Russian fairytale landscape onstage. The show is called The Cherry Orchard … I can’t think of a more achingly beautiful image than a cherry orchard in bloom. Should we see that cherry orchard…