Russian and Soviet Theatre: Tradition and the Avant-Garde - Softcover

Konstantin Rudnitsky

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0500281955 ISBN 13: 9780500281956

Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd, 2000

Synopsis

An account of the extraordinary developments of the Russian theatre from the first decade of the 20th century up to 1932. These fruitful years saw an aesthetic revolution during which directors, designers, playwrights and artists responded to Lenin's call for theatre 'greater than a spectacle'.

About this title

Review:

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

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0500281955
• ISBN 13: 9780500281956
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Lesley Milne