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Author Macleod, Joseph., author

Title Actors cross the volga : a study of the 19th century Russian theatre and of Soviet theatres in war / Joseph Macleod
Published London : Routledge, 2018

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Series Routledge library editions. Art and culture in the nineteenth century ; volume 6
Routledge library editions. Art and Culture in the Nineteenth Century ; v. 6.
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Author's Preface; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Part One: OLD WORLD, EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURY; 1 Imperial Theatres; 2 Slave Theatres; Part Two: OLD WORLD, LATER NINETEENTH CENTURY; 3 The Coming of the Professional Manager; 4 Stars, Officials and a People's Theatre; 5 Strolling and Touring Players; 6 The Seagull and the Petrel; Part Three: THE WAR, FIRST ASPECT; 7 Evacuees; 8 Impacts of East and West; Part Four: THE WAR, SECOND ASPECT; 9 Brigades at the Front; 10 Brigades at the Rear
11 War Plays of Fact, Fiction and FancyPart Five: NEW WORLD; 12 War and Peace; 13 The Young; 14 Odds and Ends; 15 Regeneration; Appendix; I: Some Theatre Memorial Names; II: Some Soviet War Plays; List of Sources; Index
Summary First published in 1946. In this study of Russian theatre, the author explores the developments of drama and the theatre throughout the nineteenth-century. Macleod examines imperial and serf theatres, the impact of Russian drama on the east and west, and the regeneration of theatre at the start of the twentieth-century. This title will be of great interest to students of Theatre Studies and Russian History
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed November 13, 2018)
Subject Theater -- Soviet Union -- 19th century
PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- General.
Theater
Soviet Union
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780429431036
0429431031