DownloadThe Portobello Bookshop Gift Guide 2024

Russian Futurist Theatre

Theory and Practice

Robert Leach author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Edinburgh University Press

Published:30th Nov '19

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

Russian Futurist Theatre cover

A study of a key modernist form, its theory, practice and legacy
What do we know today about the theatrical ferment caused by the scandalous group of Russian writers, artists, musicians and theatre makers who called themselves 'Futurists'? What can we learn from their iconoclastic and exciting theatre works?
Underpinned by theoretical writings, manifestoes and demonstrations, Russian Futurist Theatre explores one of the most brilliant but least documented theatre explosions of the last 100 years. It is the first book to comprehensively uncover the Russian futurist theatre in all its virtuosity and diversity. Revealing a wealth of extraordinary theatre work and a barely-known group of theatre practitioners the book finds new ways to explore the interface between literature, theory and performance.
Key Features
Explores the development of post-Romantic epic theatre and theexploration of abstract and alogical performanceDiscusses major practitioners' working methods as well as obscure practitioners related to major figures like Vsevolod MeyerholdAnalyses how Futurist theatre was strangled by Stalinism and 'disappeared'Explores the influence of Russian Futurist theatre on significant contemporary theatre practice

ISBN: 9781474454872

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

256 pages