Istoriia russkogo dramaticheskogo teatra - Evreinov N.N.

The name of the remarkable theatrical figure of the Silver Age , Nikolai Evreinov, is returned to the Russian reader. Written in Paris, in exile, the book is devoted to the history of Russian theater from ancient ritual staging sprees to creative searches of pre-revolutionary years, which, along with Stanislavsky, Meyerhold, Tavir, Vakhtangov, was its author. The reader is waiting for a story about the national theater and church theatrical rites, about the spectacles of the times of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich and Peter the Great, about the court and the landowner's serf theater, about outstanding actors Volkov, Shchepkin, Pearls, Komissarzhevskaya, about revolution in the world stage art, committed by MHAT... The book is published in a 1955 New York edition. The sheer number of illustrations makes this edition truly unique. This book is the fourth in a series dedicated to the history of Russian theater, after "Theatrical Antiquity" by N. Dryzen, "History of Russian Ballet" by A. Pleskeev and "History of Russian Opera" by V. Cheshehi.