Contents

Preface	• • VII
Introduction	xi
i. Moscow Scenes	3
II. Preparation for Work	27
hi. Actors at Work	5 i
iv. Regisseurs at Work	85
v. Actors and Regisseurs Meet	125
vi. Designers at Work	w '-'1 00
vn. Playwrights at Work	184
viii. The Moscow Scene Expanded	203
ix. Across the Footlights	221
x. Artists’ Life	236
xi. Whither America?	25O
Appendix	2 67
Index	283