ABSTRACT

First Published in 1996. The Russian Theatre Archive makes available in English the best avant-garde plays from the pre-Revolutionary period to the present day. It features monographs on major playwrights and theatre directors, introductions to previously unknown works, and studies of the main artistic groups and periods. Plays are presented in performing edition translations, including (where appropriate) musical scores, and instructions for music and dance. Whenever possible the translated texts will be accompanied by videotapes of performances of plays in the original language.

chapter 1|46 pages

Farewell in June

A Comedy in Two Acts

chapter 2|56 pages

The Elder Son

A Comedy in Two Acts

chapter 3|45 pages

Provincial Anecdotes

An Incident with a Paginator and Twenty Minutes with an Angel, A Tragicomedy in Two Parts

chapter 4|58 pages

Duck Hunting

A Drama in Three Acts

chapter 5|54 pages

Last Summer in Chulimsk

A Drama in Two Acts