1. Historical Background -- 2. The Society of Art and Literature -- 3. The Creation of a New Theatre -- 4. The Hermitage Theatre on Carriage Row -- 5. Actors, Salaries, Conditions of Service -- 6. Savva Morozov and the Lianozov Theatre -- 7. First Season: 1898-1899: Tsar Fedor Ioannovich. The Sunken Bell. The Merchant of Venice. Despots. Greta's. Happiness. The Mistress of the Inn. The Seagull. Antigone. Hedda Gabler -- 8. Second Season: 1899-1900. The Death of Ivan the Terrible. Twelfth Night. Drayman Henschel. Uncle Vanya. Lonely Lives -- 9. Third Season: 1900-1901. The Snow Maiden. An Enemy of the People. When We Dead Awaken. Three Sisters -- 10. Fourth Season: 1901-1902. The Wild Duck. Michael Kramer. In Dreams. The Merchant Class -- 11. Fifth Season: 1902-1903. The Power of Darkness. The Lower Depths. The Pillars of Society -- 12. Sixth Season: 1903-1904. Julius Caesar. The Cherry Orchard -- 13. Season Seven to Season Ten: 1904-1908. The Intruder. The Interior. The Blind
Ivanov. Ghosts. Children of the Sun. 'Tis Folly to be Wise. Brand. The Drama of Life. Boris Godunov. The Life of Man. Rosmersholm -- 14. Seasons Eleven and Twelve: 1908-1909. The Blue Bird. The Government Inspector. A Month in the Country -- 15. Season Twelve to Season Twenty: 1909-1917. Anathema. The Scoundrel. The Brothers Karamazov. The Imaginary Invalid. Nikolay Stavrogin. Stepanchikovo Village. Mozart and Salieri -- 16. Conclusion
Analysis
Moscow
Theatre History
Notes
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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-231) and index