The St. Petersburg Imperial Theaters

Stage and State in Revolutionary Russia, 1900-1920

Murray Frame (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

224 Seiten

2009
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-4330-7 (ISBN)

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Presents the history that begins in 1900 with the theater flourishing but undergoing change. This title chronicles the impact of war and revolution, as well as audience and administration, leading up to the effective re-establishment of state control over the theaters by the Bolsheviks in 1920.

The opulent St. Petersburg Imperial Theaters were subsidized and administered by the Russian court from the eighteenth century until the collapse of the tsarist order in 1917. This close association raises many questions about the uses of these theaters and where their loyalties lay in early twentieth century Russia.

This history begins in 1900 with the theater flourishing but undergoing change, then chronicles the impact of war and revolution, as well as audience and administration, leading up to the effective re-establishment of state control over the theaters by the Bolsheviks in 1920. While the theaters were often allied with the forces of change, their grandeur harked back to the age of the tsars, creating an irony that is explored here in depth. Photographs and diagrams of the theaters are included, along with photographs of the central historical figures, and contemporary cartoons referring to the theaters.

Murray Frame teaches modern history at the University of Dundee, Scotland. He has authored or coauthored several books on the Russian Revolution and Russia in world history. He lives in Dundee.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

A Note on the Technical Apparatus

Preface

Introduction

1. "The Emperor's Theaters"

2. The Directorate and the Artists

3. The Audience

4. The Alexandrinsky Repertoire, 1900-1917

5. The Mariinsky Repertoire, 1900-1917

6. The 1905 Revolution and Its Aftermath

7. War, Revolution, and the Provisional Government, 1914-October 1917

8. Under the Bolsheviks, October 1917-1920

Conclusions

Appendix of Titles

Bibliographical Note

Chapter Notes

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.4.2009
Zusatzinfo	18 photos, diagrams, appendix, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	313 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	0-7864-4330-8 / 0786443308
ISBN-13	978-0-7864-4330-7 / 9780786443307
Zustand	Neuware