Contemporary Drama of Russia

CONTENTS Preface Origins A. N. Ostrovsky From Ostrovsky to Chekhov F. A. Korsh and the Drama The Slavophils and the Meiningen Players Chekhov before the Art Theatre The Moscow Art Theatre Chekhov and the Art Theatre Gorky as a Dramatist Meyerhold and the Theatre of Moods and Symbols The Kommissarshevskaya Theatre and Andreyev The Stylized Theatre Evreinov The Moscow Art Theatre after Chekhov The Peasant Theatre The Theatre under the Bolsheviks Biographical Appendix I. Authors and Plays II. Book List III. English Translations Index At the time of the original publication in 1924, Leo Wiener was Professor of Slavic Languages at Harvard University.Wiener, Leo is the author of 'Contemporary Drama of Russia ' with ISBN 9781410211668 and ISBN 1410211665.