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The Essence of the Concepts of “Supreme Goal” and “Idea” in Stanislavsky’s Teaching [PDF]
This article describes the essence of the concepts of "Supreme Goal" and "Idea" in Stanislavsky's teaching, and the criteria of his ability to enter into the image of a character in the art of ...
Gofurova, B.
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Richard III in Russian Theatre at the Twilight of the "Thaw" [PDF]
Richard III was very rarely staged in Russian theatre in tsarist and Stalin’s times, because the story of inhuman tyranny provoked associations with Russian political reality.
Sokolyansky, Mark
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Schweig und tanze! : Elektra, by Hugo von Hofmannsthal and Richard Strauss [PDF]
The last scene of Richard Strauss’ Elektra builds tension towards Elektra’s dance of victory and joy, leading to her ecstatic abdication in death. Indeed, the opera’s librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal describes this scene in one of his sketches as Elektra’
Sheinberg, Esti
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An annotated and critical bibliography of the works written in English since 1900 on the pre- and post- revolutionary Russian theatre [PDF]
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Michigan State University of Agriculture and Applied Science.
Raphael, Jay Elliot, 1943-
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No conflict on the stage : the theory of beskonfliktnost’ in postwar Soviet drama [PDF]
The theory of beskonfliktnost’ (conflictlessness) is one of the most notorious examples of the stagnation of the cultural sphere under Stalin, yet its origins and exponents are little known. Condemned widely at the second Soviet Writers’ Congress in 1954,
Gardiner, Jesse
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Esfir’ Shub was born in the town Surazhe in the Chernigovsky governatorate (which is now the Brianskaya province), in the southwest part of the Russian Empire.
Dogo, Dunja
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Stanislavski's directors: Michael Chekhov and the revolution in Lithuanian theatre of the 1930s [PDF]
Michael Chekhov is considered to be one of the most talented and widely recognised students of Konstantin Stanislavski. After leaving Moscow, Chekhov was invited to share his innovative ideas on actor training with theatre circles in Lithuania.
Kasponyte, Justina +1 more
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A little over 100 years ago, the first production of An-sky’s The Dybbuk, a play about the possession of a young woman by a dislocated spirit, opened in Warsaw.
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Michael Chekhov, Spirituality, and the Soviet Theatre [PDF]
The Russian actor, director and teacher of acting Michael (Mikhail) Chekhov) was head of the Second Moscow Art Theatre in 1922-28. He developed his ideas of spiritual theatre in his productions of Hamlet and Peterburg by Andrei Belyi, teaching and ...
Byckling, Liisa
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