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This anthology brings together key plays from the Crooked Mirror, a leading Silver Age Russian cabaret, with short biographies of their authors and robust commentary and annotations to trace the theater's artistic and ideological evolution.

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It is a book about dying, or, more accurately, about the representation of dying in the theatre. Its chief concern is how actors undertook to translate words and concepts into forms legible and significant to an audience. It deals with the ways in which playwrights wrote about death and attitudes towards death in their cultures. Nevertheless, the emphasis is on the practice of acting.

Exploring musical theatre, nineteenth-century culture, modern stagecraft, and the development of modern sexual mores, this book presents a global view of the influence of Offenbach and his comic operas. The volume demonstrates his central role in theatrical innovation and his impact on wider society and culture.

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A theatrical extravaganza drawn from Nikolay Gogol's comic epic of greed and gluttony in tsarist Russia. Over one hundred characters can be played with any number of actors from 15 on up.

The Changing Room traces the origins and variations of theatrical cross-dressing through the ages and across cultures. This is the first-ever cross-cultural study of theatrical transvestism.

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Provides a fresh and global perspective on the works and influence of a nineteenth-century musical and theatrical phenomenon.

Konstantin Stanislavsky transformed theatre in the West and was indisputably one of the twentieth century's greatest innovators. His life and work mark some of the most significant artistic and political milestones of that tumultuous century, from the emancipation of the serfs to the Russian Revolution. Little wonder, then, that his correspondence contains gripping exchanges with the famous and infamous of his day: men such as Tolstoy, Chekhov...

This volume makes available an international collection of plays, from Britain, the US, Germany, France and Russia, providing an essential and fascinating resource for anyone interested in the theatre culture of this period. Lovesick brings together six plays, each with individual introductions, including an author biography and a production history. The editor provides a contextual introduction to the volume offering valuable information abou...

A latecomer continually hampered by government control and interference, the Russian theatre seems an unlikely source of innovation and creativity. Yet, by the middle of the nineteenth century, it had given rise to a number of outstanding playwrights and actors, and by the start of the twentieth century, it was in the vanguard of progressive thinking in the realms of directing and design. Its influence throughout the world was pervasive: Nikol...

Although younger than most European theatrical traditions, Russian professional theater has generated a body of criticism and theory which until recently has remained unknown or nearly inaccessible in the West. This title is suitable for all who wish to extend their knowledge of Russian contribution to theatrical history, theory, and criticism.

Despite constant hindrance from government interference and control, the Russian theater has produced many memorable playwrights, schools of thought, and plays, whose influence can be seen throughout the world. Nikolai Gogol's The Inspector, Maksim Gor'kii's The Lower Depths, and Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard remain staples of repertories in every language. The ideas of Konstantin Stanislavskii, Vsevolod Meierkhol'd, and Mikhail Chekhov c...

This is the first cross-cultural study of Chekhov's plays in production.

Senelick's biography of the panto clown Laff Fox, renowned in his time as America's funniest performer, brings this most popular and most tragic legend to life. In his new essay to this expanded edition, Senelick draws upon recent discoveries and insights to further animate Fox's remarkable career.

?Laurence Senelick's biography of Shchepkin is well-researched and well-written. He has a good grasp of the period. This is not just the biography of an actor, but a fascinating work of social history. Senelick makes a convincing case for the imporatnce of Mikhail Shchepkin to the history of the performing arts and literature.?-Broadside

Senelick has painstakingly pieced together the amazing story of how [the Moscow Art Theatre's production of Hamlet] came about, and combines it with a detailed, scene-by-scene reconstruction of the unfinished product.' ... He makes use of what would seem to be every possible primary source, Russian and English.... In the end, Senelick does more than reconstruct' Craig's Moscow Hamlet. He shows how, despite its central flaw, it became the stand...

These four Russian comedies were written during the reign of Nicholas I, a period of considerable repression and censorship. They represent the most popular genres of the period. Lensky's Her First Night was an immensely popular vaudeville which held the stage for years, Kozma Prutkov's Fantasy is a parody of vaudeville which was banned after one night. Turgenev's Luncheon with the Marshal is a comedy of manners about provincial life, and Salt...