A History of Russian TheatreRobert Leach, Victor Borovsky This is the first comprehensive history of Russian theater in English since the fall of Communism. Written by an international team of experts, the book brings together the fruits of recent research into all areas of Russian theater history. Of particular interest will be the chapters written by senior Russian academics. The History covers the whole range of Russian dramatic experience, from puppet theater to ballet and grand opera. A key feature of the History is the collection of rare photographs, some published for the first time, chronicling the development of Russian theater. |
Contents
Russian theatre in Russian culture | 6 |
The organisation of the Russian theatre 16451763 | 41 |
The emergence of the Russian theatre 17631800 | 57 |
Writers and repertoires 18001850 | 86 |
Actors and acting 18201850 | 104 |
Popular provincial and amateur theatres 18201900 | 124 |
Realism in the Russian theatre 18501882 | 146 |
Aleksandr Ostrovsky dramatist and director | 166 |
Imperial and private theatres 18821905 | 221 |
Stanislavsky and the Moscow Art Theatre 18981938 | 254 |
The Silver Age 19051917 | 278 |
Revolutionary theatre 19171930 | 302 |
The Theatre and Socialist Realism 19291953 | 325 |
The thaw and after 19531986 | 358 |
Russian theatre in the postcommunist era | 382 |
Russian theatre and Western theatres | 407 |
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