Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
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.
Synopsis
First published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Synopsis
"Women in Russian Theatre" is the first documentation of Russian actresses to be published in English. It is a fascinating feminist intervention into the much-studied canon of Russian theatre history. With unprecedented access to newly-opened files in Russia, Catherine Schuler examines the impact Russian actresses had upon the modernist theatre of their period.
Schuler brings invaluable historical detail and contemporary critical theory, to case-studies of the following popular actresses and actress-entrepreneurs of the late Imperial Russian stage: Mariia Savina, Glikeriia Fedotova, Anna Brenko, Vera Kommissarzhevskaia, Mariia Ermlova, Polina Strepetova, and Lidia Iavorskaia.
Synopsis
A fascinating feminist counterpoint to the established area of Russian theatre populated by male artists such as Stanislavsky, Chekov and Meyerhold. Schuler focuses upon the extraordinary lives and work of eight Russian actresses.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 242-253) and index.