[PDF] A History Of Russian Theatre eBook

Author : Robert Leach
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 21,90 MB
Release : 1999-11-29
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780521432207

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A comprehensive history of Russian theatre, written by an international team of experts.

Author : Laurence Senelick
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 693 pages
File Size : 15,29 MB
Release : 2015-08-13
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1442249277

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A latecomer continually hampered by government control and interference, the Russian theatre seems an unlikely source of innovation and creativity. Yet, by the middle of the nineteenth century, it had given rise to a number of outstanding playwrights and actors, and by the start of the twentieth century, it was in the vanguard of progressive thinking in the realms of directing and design. Its influence throughout the world was pervasive: Nikolai Gogol', Anton Chekhov and Maksim Gor'kii remain staples of repertories in every language, the ideas of Konstantin Stanislavskii, Vsevolod Meierkhol'd and Mikhail Chekhov continue to inspire actors and directors, while designers still draw on the graphics of the World of Art group and the Constructivists. What distinguishes Russian theater from almost any other is the way in which these achievements evolved and survived in ongoing conflict or cooperation with the State. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Russian Theatre covers the history through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 1000 cross-referenced entries on individual actors, directors, designers, entrepreneurs, plays, playhouses and institutions, Censorship, Children’s Theater, Émigré Theater, and Shakespeare in Russia. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Russian Theatre.

Author : Laurence Senelick
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 781 pages
File Size : 13,86 MB
Release : 2014-06-24
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0300194765

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In this monumental work, Laurence Senelick and Sergei Ostrovsky offer a panoramic history of Soviet theater from the Bolshevik Revolution to the eventual collapse of the USSR. Making use of more than eighty years’ worth of archival documentation, the authors celebrate in words and pictures a vital, living art form that remained innovative and exciting, growing, adapting, and flourishing despite harsh, often illogical pressures inflicted upon its creators by a totalitarian government. It is the first comprehensive analysis of the subject ever to be published in the English language.

Author : Catherine Schuler
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 37,87 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780415111058

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A fascinating feminist counterpoint to the established area of Russian theatre populated by male artists such as Stanislavsky, Chekov and Meyerhold. Schuler focuses upon the extraordinary lives and work of eight Russian actresses.