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Five key plays by the master of post-Revolutionary Russian theater
978-1-59020-900-4 • U.S. $25.00 / $30.00 CAN.
Drama
6” x 9” • 320 pages
Rights: V00
Pub History: Ardis PB, 978-0-88233-049-5
On Sale: 7/31/12
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nikolai evreinov
translated from the Russian by
christopher collins
theater as life
five modern Plays
nikolai evreinov stands with stanislavsky and meyerhold in his importance
to Russian theater. He founded theaters, directed plays and opera, was a
theater historian, and wrote some thirty plays. as a playwright he explored
the dichotomy of reality and illusion, employing the full range of theatrical
resources including music, dance, color, plays-within-plays, disguises, complex
plots, and surprise endings.
long unavailable, this essential anthology contains translations of five plays;
evreinov’s best known, The Main Thing, which in its time was produced by
Pirandello’s theater and then on broadway starring edward G. Robinson and
lee strasberg, as well as A Merry Death, The Ship of the Righteous, The Theater
of the Soul, and The Theater of the Eternal War. Rounding out the volume
is an extensive introduction by christopher collins, written in consultation
with evreinov’s widow, and many rare illustrations and photographs, including
portraits of evreinov, sketches of sets by the playwright, and photographs from
productions in nyc, Paris, milan, and Warsaw.
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nikolai evreinov (1879-1953) was a Russian playwright, director, and
producer associated with the Russian symbolists. christopher collins
studied evreinov’s work as a fulbright fellow in Paris. His translations and
articles have appeared in the Russian Literature Triquarterly and Slavic and
East European Journal.
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