Table of Contents

Pre-revolutionary theatrical explorations; theatre during the first years of revolution; theatrical expansion; extremes converge; some outcomes.

Promotional Information

A remarkable survey of Russian theatre in the first decades of the twentieth century

About the Author

Konstantin Rudnitsky is an authority on the history of soviet theatre and cinema. From 2001-4 Lesley Milne was Head of Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies at the University of Nottingham, then from 2005-8 Head of the School of Modern Languages.

Reviews

'Kaleidoscopic but controlled; it conveys the energy, the joy even, of the Russian theatre … a pleasure' - Times Literary Supplement