Modern Theatre In Russia Tradition Building And Transmission Processes Stefan Aquilina by Stefan Aquilina 9781350066083, 9781350066113, 1350066087, 1350066117 instant download after payment.

What did modern theatre in Russia look like and how did it influence global theatre at the start of the 20th century?
This book offers fresh readings of the Russian theatre scene from 1898 to 1934. It combines a historical narrative with contemporary theories including cultural transmission. Stefan Aquilina argues that it is through the process of transmission from one culture to another that theatre traditions are formed and consolidated.
Through historical case studies and rare English translations of Russian sources, this book examines the international dissemination of Stanislavsky's System, reflects upon the extent to which a practitioner's persona is altered when his works are translated into another language and culture, and discusses how efforts to create an official artistic canon in Soviet Russia halted the natural transmission process.
The historical-theoretical investigation is accompanied by a series of practical workshops and exercises to be practised in the rehearsal room and studio, bringing the migration of Russian modernist theatre into the present.