Contributions to the study of theatrical creation

Abstract

In this work the different schizoid mechanisms and of reparation that appear in the process of the creation of an actor are being studied. The projective identification, negation, idealization and isolation are the varied mechanisms found in the creative process of an actor when he takes the part carefully of Treplev [Book “La Gaviota” (“The sea-Gull”) by Anton Chéjov.] The persecutory anxieties predominate in this period. In a second period depressive anxieties and reparation mechanisms were found which led him to a
final synthesis of the character. Furthermore, different moments which are developed in the task of the
actor are described to elaborate a character. We are enumerating the phases which are shown through the creative
process. 1st) A general reading of the work either in an individual or collective way, feelings and habits of what the character is like and how he acts throughout the whole piece. 2nd) Rehearsals round a table with the director participating. It is subdivided in:
A) Study, analysis of the partakers. B) Elaboration in a rational way. C) Memorization. 3rd) Time of the tranquil waiting period or state of the bride: the designation of the character on the stage and partial introjective identification of the character (somatic and
psychic). 4th) Final introjective identification. Character and actor in simbiotic relation.