The St. Petersburg Imperial Theaters: Stage and State in Revolutionary Russia, 1900-1920

by Murray Frame

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786443308
• ISBN13: 9780786443307
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher