Russian Theater - From the Empire to the Soviets

Russian Theater (1963) is a comprehensive study of the main trends in Russian theatre in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, from romantic drama through realistic drama, the modernist movement to an analysis of trends under the Soviets and the rise and fall of the avant-garde theatres and their replacement by conservative realism.

List of contents

1. The Origins of the Russian Theatre 2. From Romantic Drama to Gogol 3. The Second Half of the Nineteenth Century 4. The Beginnings of the Moscow Art Theatre 5. The Evolution of the Moscow Art Theatre 6. From ‘The World of Art’ to Meyerhold 7. Great Directors 8. The First Years of the Revolution 9. From Innovators to Conservatives 10. Two Decades of Socialist Realism

Summary

Russian Theater (1963) is a comprehensive study of the main trends in Russian theatre in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, from romantic drama through realistic drama, the modernist movement to an analysis of trends under the Soviets and the rise and fall of the avant-garde theatres and their replacement by conservative realism.

Product details

• Authors: Marc Slonim, Slonim Marc
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.11.2024
• EAN: 9781032861678
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3286167-8
• No. of pages: 372
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Soviet Society
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Russia, European History, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, ART / Performance, Theatre Studies, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Social and cultural history, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Performance Art, Marxism & Communism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Soviet, ART / Russian & Soviet