The modern Russian theater: a literary and cultural history

Abstract

Preface Predisposition I. Beginnings and Ends: 1900-1917 History Literature, Philosophy, and Literary Criticism Religion Theater Criticism and the Conditions of Theater: A Little Tomfoolery The Self, the Saint, and the Moral Charm of Crickets: The Petty Demon Alexis, Man of God Cricket on the Hearth The Moscow Art Theater Postscripts of the Self II. Revolution and the Twenties Political Bouffe Commedia della Death III. Adapting to Socialist Realism The Peasant Hypocrite: Okhlopkov MAT, Bulgakov, and the Art of Compromise Bulgakov's Love Affairs The Lessons of Socialist Realism IV. The Age of Red Aquarius The Cold Thaw The Saving Idiot At Full Voice V. The Past Regained Village Theater City Theater VI. The Strange Horse Intrusions on Political Orthodoxies The BDT and Tolstoy's Yardstick In Dostoevsky's Corner: Brother Alesha Lady Macbeth and Junona and Avos A Tale of Inspection VII. The End of Communism and the Survival of Theater Debating Adaptations Kharms's Absurdities Sentimentalism, Musicals, and Bulgakov Return Dostoevsky's Subversions of Sentiment The Master on Stage Again: The Master and Margarita The Performance of Absence: Vladimir Vysotsky Adapting Tragedy VIII. The Nineties and Beyond: Ends and Beginnings Beyond Politics Beyond Dostoevsky Beyond Pushkin Beyond Gogol Beyond Chekhov Beyond History Notes Bibliography Index About the Author.