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Russian Symbolist Theater An Anthology of Plays and Critical Texts

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ISBN-10: 1468306359

ISBN-13: 9781468306354

Edition: N/A

Authors: Michael Green

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The writers in this volume -- Bely, Blok, Sologub, Annensky, and others -- may be best known for their influential verse and narrative prose. However, they also authored Symbolist plays, collectively adding to the revolutionary Russian performance style that culminated with Meyerhold's production of Blok'sThe Puppet Showin 1906.The Russian Symbolist Theatrecomprises an extensive anthology of the genre, featuring the first English translations of Sologub'sThe Triumph of Death, Kuzmin'sThe Comedy of Alexis, Man of God, Annensky'sThamyris Kitharodos, and Remizov'sThe Tragedy of Judas, Prince of Iscariot. Detailed prefaces give each writer cultural and historical context, illuminating the…    
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Book details

List price: $25.95
Publisher: Overlook Press, The
Publication date: 5/28/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 0.968
Language: English

Introduction
Valery Briusov
Introduction
Against Naturalism in the Theatre
Aleksandr Blok
Introduction
The Dictatorship of the Director
For a Theatre of Action
Vera Fiodorovna Komissarzhevskaya
The Puppet Show
The Rose and the Cross
Viacheslav Ivanov
Introduction
The Need for Dionysian Theatre
Annensky as Dramatist
Andrei Bely
Introduction
The Cherry Orchard
Against Reviving the Greek Theatre
Fyodor Sologub
Introduction
The Theatre of the Single Will
The Triumph of Death
Mikhail Kuzmin
Introduction
The Comedy of Alexis, Man of God
The Venetian Madcaps
Innokenty Annensky
Introduction
Thamyris Kitharodos
Aleksei Remizov
Introduction
The Tragedy of Judas, Prince of Iscariot
Leonid Andreyev
Introduction
Theatre and the Inner Life
The Failure of the Symbolist Theatre
Chekhov as Panpsychologist
The Theatre of the Future
Notes
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