Catherine Schuler

Women in Russian Theatre (eBook, PDF)

The Actress in the Silver Age

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Women in Russian Theatre is a fascinating feminist counterpoint to the established area of Russian theatre populated by male artists such as Stanislavsky, Chekov and Meyerhold. With unprecedented access to newly-opened files in Russia, Catherine Schuler brings to light the actresses who had an impact upon Russian modernist theatre.
Schuler brings to light the extradordinary lives and work of eight Russian actresses who flourished on the stage between the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Juni 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136155901
• Artikelnr.: 47893584

Autorenporträt

Catherine A. Schuler is Associate Professor of Theatre History at the University of Maryland. She is co-editor of Theatre and Feminist Aesthetics and has published widely in the areas of Russian theatre and feminist performance.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 The Apogee of the Actress
Chapter 2 The Nina Zarechnaia Epidemic
Chapter 3 Mariia Savina
Chapter 4 An Uneasy Alliance
Chapter 5 Narodnichestvo, Nationalism, and Neurasthenia
Chapter 6 Enter the Actress-Entrepreneur
Chapter 7 Lidia Iavorskaia
Chapter 8 Little Girl Lost

Rezensionen

'Fills a yawning gap in our knowledge of a crucial factor that shaped Russian drama, literature and public opinion.' - Slavonic & East European Review

'Makes an important contribution to women's theatre studies in general and Russian theatre in particular.' - Theatre Research International

'..richly detailed and fascinating... an engaging and rewarding read' - Revolutionary Russia