First published in 1946. In this study of Russian theatre, the author explores the developments of drama and the theatre throughout the nineteenth-century. Macleod examines imperial and serf theatres, the impact of Russian drama on the east and west, and the regeneration of theatre at the start of the twentieth-century. This title will be of great interest to students of Theatre Studies and Russian History.
Part One: Old World, Early Nineteenth Century;
1. Imperial Theatres
2.
Slave Theatres; Part Two: Old World, Later Nineteenth Century;
3. The Coming
of the Professional Manager
4. Stars, Officials and a Peoples Theatre
5.
Strolling and Touring Players
6. The Seagull and the Petrel; Part Three: The
War, First Aspect;
7. Evacuees
8. Impacts of East and West; Part Four: The
War, Second Aspect;
9. Brigades at the Front
10. Brigades at the Rear
11. War
Plays of Fact, Fiction and Fancy; Part Five: New World;
12. War and Peace
13.
The Young
14. Odds and Ends
15. Regeneration; Appendices; List of Sources;
Index
