Színészkonstrukció és szerepkör: a szalonszínésznőség szubjektivitásai
The Actor/Actress and the Typecasting: The Subjectivities of a Certain Role-type

Summary/Abstract: In the Hungarian theatrical aesthetics writings of the second half of the 19th century, we are dealing with a discourse that seeks to go beyond the concept of the actor’s role-type or lines of business (szerepkör – Hung / emploi – Fr / typecasting – Eng / Rollenfach – Ger). Based on this hypothesis, the present study analyzes the ways in which the term is used. For this purpose, the paper reviews the definitions of theatrical dictionaries and theatrical aesthetics and examines the discourse of documents originated from and related to the contemporary theatre institution (laws, rules, correspondence, company organization documents, considering the context of European theater practice as well). This demonstrates that the historically changing notion of typecasting is unavoidable in theatrical practice and theatrical historiography. Then, following the career of Prielle Kornélia, the study examines what her theatrical role type reveals about the actress’s art, image-construction, and the relationship to the contemporary normative image of women. The study approaches the examination of the role type of the salon actress from the always present and active subjectivity dimension in connection with her changing role creation (Margit Gauthier) and her everyday life experiences.

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