Originally published January 16, 2009
Second shoot on this Person at Work assignment went better than the first. I spent some six hours with German actress Irene Christ on dress rehearsal night of the Maleth production of Alan Ayckbourn’s “Communicating Doors” at the Manoel Theatre. I joined her at her home as she went through a final revision of her lines, then moved to the theatre, photographed her getting her kinky dominatrix costume on (!), her frustration at the make-up artist running late, then getting made up, interacting with other cast members and the director, checking all her props were where they should be, the play itself (which I was shooting anyhow for my newspaper) as well as further make-up changes between acts . I went beyond the 72 shots we’re supposed to take, but with its being a long drawn out thing with many different scenarios, I figured I had no choice in that. I really tried to just be a fly on the wall for this one - thank heavens no one brought a fly swatter to the theatre that night!
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