Revolutionary Acts : Amateur Theater and the Soviet State, 1917-1938 / / Lynn Mally.
During the Russian Revolution and Civil War, amateur theater groups sprang up in cities across the country. Workers, peasants, students, soldiers, and sailors provided entertainment ranging from improvisations to gymnastics and from propaganda sketches to the plays of Chekhov. In Revolutionary Acts,...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca : : Cornell University Press,, 2000. ©2000. |
| Year of Publication: | 2000 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (263 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1. The Revolution Loves the Theater
- 2. Small Forms on Small Stages
- 3. From "Club Plays" to the Classics
- 4. TRAM: The Vanguard of Amateur Art
- 5. Shock Workers on the Cultural Front
- 6. Amateurs in the Spectacle State
- Conclusion
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index