Unknown Stanislavsky.
Materials for performances, scenery motives, costume sketches, make-ups
by Bubnova Marfa
Director's library K.S. Stanislavsky is located in a separate special storage of the Moscow Art Theater Museum and only the curator, O.A. Radishcheva, had access to it. Researchers most often turn to this library when they know exactly what they want to find there. After the death of Olga Alexandrovna, in search of a sketch for the scenery of K.S. Stanislavsky to the play "Thomas" based on the story of F.M. Dostoevsky "The village of Stepanchikovo and its inhabitants" the author of this book got access to this storage and drew attention to the album in a gray canvas binding with the inscription "Sketches by K.S. Alekseeva ". This album contained a wanted sketch and sketches for the performances of the Society of Literature and Art, created by Stanislavsky himself. The shock from the find was so great that I wanted to understand whether this was the only album. And then a miracle happened! More than ten albums with sketches and layouts of scenery, sketches of costumes and props, drawings from life and searches for makeup!
