num_pages: 272
description: This is the first book to explore theater in Russia after Stalin. Through his work at the Moscow Art Theatre, Anatoly Smeliansky is in a key position to analyze contemporary events on the Russian stage and he combines this first-hand knowledge with valuable archival material. Smeliansky chronicles developments from 1953 and the rise of a new Soviet theater, highlighting the social and political events that shaped Russian drama and performance. The book also focuses on major directors and practitioners and contains a chronology, glossary of names, and informative illustrations.
language: English
title: The Russian Theatre after Stalin
titlecomplete: The Russian Theatre after Stalin (Cambridge Studies in Modern Theatre)
ratings_count: 9
publisher: Cambridge University Press