THEATRE Archive, PERFORMING ARTS PHOTOGRAPHER

INTERVIEW Source. The Photographic Review. Issue 81, Amelia Stein. pdf

Amelia Stein has photographed countless Theatre and Opera productions in Ireland from 1979 to 2000. This archive constitutes a considerable record of the performers who graced the boards at this time. Landmark historical productions from the Abbey and Peacock Theatres, Druid, Rough Magic, Wexford Festival Opera. A significant part of this work was the task of making pre-publicity images for the various productions, which were often constructed images, smoke and mirrors, inventions and deceptions shot in the studio or on borrowed locations which were intended to represent the performances before the actors had even graced the stage. These thousands of images now exist only as contact sheets and negatives. Shot in the time of traditional film, regrettably the work has not yet been digitized, many are listed at

PlayographyIreland, Amelia Stein. pdf  +  National Theatre of Ireland. pdf