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This anthology offers an introduction to New Russian Drama through plays that illustrate the versatility and global relevance of this exciting movement. Both politically and aesthetically uncompromising, they chart new paths for performance in the twenty-first century.
List of contents
Foreword by Richard Schechner
Introduction by Maksim Hanukai and Susanna Weygandt
A Chronology of New Russian Drama
1. Plasticine, by Vassily Sigarev, translated by Sasha Dugdale
2. Playing the Victim, by the Presnyakov Brothers, translated by Sasha Dugdale
3. September.doc, by Elena Gremina and Mikhail Ugarov, translated by Ania Aizman
4. The Brothers Ch., by Elena Gremina, translated by Maksim Hanukai
5. The Blue Machinist, by Mikhail Durnenkov, translated by Ania Aizman
6. The Locked Door, by Pavel Pryazhko, translated by Maksim Hanukai
7. The Soldier, by Pavel Pryazhko, translated by Maksim Hanukai
8. Summer Wasps Sting in November, Too, by Ivan Vyrypaev, translated by Maksim Hanukai
9. Somnambulism, by Yaroslava Pulinovich, translated by Kira Rose
10. Project SWAN, by Andrey Rodionov and Ekaterina Troepolskaya, translated by Thomas Campbell
Notes
About the Authors
About the author
Maksim Hanukai is assistant professor of Russian at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Susanna Weygandt is visiting assistant professor of Russian at Sewanee: The University of the South.
Summary
This anthology offers an introduction to New Russian Drama through plays that illustrate the versatility and global relevance of this exciting movement. Both politically and aesthetically uncompromising, they chart new paths for performance in the twenty-first century.
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It will be vital resource for scholars and theatre directors alike, and will no doubt spur greater interest in this rich and dynamic era of Russian drama.
