INDEX

Afinogenov, Alexander, 199, 200, 218

"Agit Brigades,” 29-30, 31 Akimov, Nikolai, 134, 158, 170-1

Alexandrinski Theatre, 8 6 All God’s Chillun Got Wings ,

121

All Quiet on the Western Front, 23

Amaglobely, S. I., 185, 190, 206, 247

Andreyev, Leonid, 54, 55, 86 Anisfeld, Boris, 87, 160 Antoine, Andre, 88 Antony and Cleopatra, 122 Appia, Adolphe, 149, 171 Aristocrats, 134, 151-2, 171, 227

Arkin, E. A., 229, 230

Bacon, Peggy, 217 Bakst, Leon, 87, 160, 166 Balzac, Honore de, 140, 190 Bear, The, 99 Beaumarchais, de, 190 Benois, Alexander, 98, 160,

161

Benton, Thomas, 15 Bersenyev, I. N., 210 Bdl-Byelotserkovski, V. N., 218

Bio-Mechanics, 38-9, 92, 94-5, 155, 215, 242 Birman, S. G., 210 Blok, Alexander, 86, 92 Blue Bird, The, 60 Boleslavski, Richard, 241 Bolshoi Opera Theatre, 4-5, 166, 169, 170, 204, 225,

2 34 > 2 45

Boris Godunov, 98, 166 Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Le, 46 Bubnov, Andrei, 158 Bulgakov, Michael, 200 Byron, Lord, 128

Caesar and Cleopatra, 122 Carmen, 65, 74, 84, 109, 166, 213, 220

Carter, Huntly, 51, 113, 127 Central Theatre Combinate, 27, 29, 41-9, 165, 243 Chaikovski, Peter, 101, 112,

2 47

Chapayev, 27

Chekhov, Anton, 11, 16, 25,

54 > 55 > 5 6 > 9 6 > 99 > IOO > 108, 112, 115, 130, 190,

2 44 » 2 47

Chekhov, Michael, 208 Cherry Orchard, The, 16, 17, * 77 > 178

Chesterton, G. K., 120

Chopin, Frederic, 101, 106, 112

Civic Repertory Theatre, The, 16

Classic drama in Russia, 25, 31, 37, 38, 188-91 Club of Masters of Art, The, 245-8

Comedie Frangaise, 264 Commedia dell 5 Arte, 87, 95, 96, 152

Constructivism, 17-20, 87, 88, 92-3, 108, 117, 119, 131, 161-2, 163, 164, 166-7,

168, 171, 172, 173, 250 Craig, Gordon, 51, 83, 98, 159, 219

Cricket on the Hearth, The, 208

Dame aux Camelias, La, 18, 19, 103-5, 106, 107, iq 8> 113, 227, 251 Dawn, 92, 166 Daykarhanova, Tamara, 241 Days of the Turbins, The, 11-

i3> J 7> 211 Dead Souls, 250 Debacle, 133, 171 Desire Under the Elms, 121 Devil’s Disciple, The, 216, 227 Diaghilev, Sergei, 160 Dickens, Charles, 14, 15, 190 Diki, 218

Dmitriev, Vladimir, 166-7, 169

Don Carlos, 162, 206 Don Jtian, 86, 161

Dostoyevski, Fyodor, 54, 55, 190

Dumas, Alexandre, 96, 190 Dybbuk, The, 127

Egor Bulichev, 133, 134, 167 Egyptian Nights, 122-4, I 7 I > 2 47

Eisenstein, Sergei, 218 Electra, 86

Enemies, 48, 66-8, 74, 76, 78, 80, 167, 178

Enemy of the People, The, 54 Ermolova, 205 Ermolov Studio, 219 Ervine, St. John, 41 Eugene Onegin, 168, 169 Exhibition of 17 Years of Stage Design in U.S.S.R., 158-9, 165-6 Exter, Alexandra, 163

Faiko, Alexei, 215 Favorski, V. A., 166, 171 Fedorovski, F. F., 158, 166, 167, 170

Fighters, The, 206 Finn, Constantin, 218 First Five Year Plan, 29, 192, 197

Fleming, Peter, 24 Fletcher, John, 189, 190, 210 Forest, The, 93 Fortune Heights, 121 Fruits of Enlightenment, The, 162

Furminov, Dmitri, 27 Furminova, A. N., 27, 28, 40

Geddes, Norman-Bel, 47,

159

Giotto, 107 Gir o fie-Giro fla, 35, 163 Goethe, 205 Gogol, Nikolai, 102, 190, 205 Goldoni, Carlo, 190 Golovin, Alexander, 14, 87, 108, 160, 161, 162 Good Life, The, 167 Gorki, Maxim, 15, 48, 54, 55, 66, 150, 190, 200 Gozzi, Carlo, 190 Griboyedov, Alexander, 54, 190, 205

Group Theatre of New York, 30, 258 Gypsy, 86

Gypsy Theatre, 25, 29, 219-20, 227

Habima Theatre, 127 Hairy Ape, The, 121 Hamlet, 83, 98, 170 Hamsun, Knut, 54, 55, 190 Harris, Sam, 188 Hauptmann, Gerhardt, 37, 54 Hindus, Maurice, 242, 249 Historico-Revolutionary Theatre, 219

"Honored Artist of the Republic,237-40, 247 "Honored Worker of Art,” 237

Hopkins, Arthur, 170 Howard, Sidney, 188 Hugo, Victor, 205

287

Human Comedy, The, 140,

169

Ibsen, Henrik, 37, 54, 55 Ilinski, Igor, 102-3, 106, 115 Inspector-General, The, 91, 93, 95, 101-2, 103, 105 Intervention, 5, 6, 7-8, 9, 17, 134, 141, 147, 168-9 Iron Flood, The, 21-3, 149, Hi

Jewish Theatre, 25, 29, 170, 219, 227

Jones, Robert Edmond, 47,

170

Journal of Dapertutto, The, 114

Joy Street, 215 Jubilee, The, 99 Julius Caesar, 129

Kachalov, Vassily, 16, 66, 237, 2 4 S

Kamerny Theatre, 24-5, 29,

33-3 6 > 3 8 > 44> 99> 118-24, 162-3, i 7°5 i 7 i > r 79> i 82 > 217, 227

Katerina Ismailova, 213 Kedrov, Michael, 66, 69, 78, 80

Khmilyov Studio, 219 King Lear, 219 Kirshon, V. M., 218 Knipper-Chekhova, Olga, 16, 66

Komisarjevsky, Theodore, 87, 93, 205-6

INDEX

Kommissarzhevskaya, Vera, 86 Koonen, Alice, 118, 217 Korenyev, 38

Korovin, Constantin, 87, 160 Krasnaya Presnaya. See Realistic Theatre

Le Gallienne, Eva, 16 Lenin, Nikolai, 24, 191 Lenski, A. P., 205 Len-Soviet Theatre, 219 Lermontov, Michael, 87 Life of Man, The, 86 , 129, 130 Life on Wheels, 220 Lohengrin, 1 66

Love and Intrigue, 17, 134,

171

Lower Depths, The, 15, 16 Lunacharski, Anatol, 193-4, 195, 204

Lysistrata, 167, 213 Lyubov Yarovaya, 206

Machinal, 121, 163, 171, 217 Mad Money, 206 Maeterlinck, Maurice, 54, 55, 86

Magnificent Cuckold, The, 20, 90

Maly Opera Theatre, 116 Maly Theatre, 25, 29,- 37-8, 53, 54, 140, 162, 180, 181,

185, 204-7, 22 5> 2 34> 2 47 Mamontov, Savva, 160 Mamoulian, Rouben, 47 Manet, Edouard, 107 Man Who Was Thursday, The, 16}

Margolin, S., 162 Marinski Theatre, 86 Markov, Pavel, 41 Marriage of Figaro, The, 14-6, 162, 211

Marxian Interpretation of Art,

2 3"4> 5 6 > 94-5> I 9 I > * 9 4> 196-7, 229, 261

Masquerade, 86 , 87, 161 Masse-Mensch, 214 McClintic, Guthrie, 47, 170 Meierhold Theatre, 17-21, 29, 38-40, 44, 88, 99-101, 103, 108-17, 118, 140, 141, 146, 154, 226-7

Meierhold, Vsevolod, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 38, 39, 40, 85- 117, Il8 > 119> I22 > I2 3>

124, 125, 126, 129, 130,

131, 132, 133, 134, 135,

143, 148, 149, 150, 151,

I 53> 1 S4> 15 5> 156, 157*

161, 163, 182, 189-90, 194, 203, 204, 214, 215, 216,

218, 227, 237, 247, 250-1 Meiningen, Players of the Duke of, 53 Mielziner, Jo, 170 Mikhoels, S. M., 219 Miller, Gilbert, 47, 188 Miner, Worthington, 47 Miracle, The, 151 Miracle of St. Antony, The, 130

"Mir Iskusstva,” 97, 108, 160, 164, 166

Mochalov, Pavel, 205 Moeller, Philip, 47, 82

Moliere, 31, 37, 46, 100, 190, 205

Moliere, 172, 178 Moscow Art Theatre, 10-16, 21, 25, 30, 32, 33, 40, 44, 48, 51-84, 85, 86, 89, 90,

9 1 , 95> 9 6 “7> 9 8 > 99> IOI > 105, 106, 107, no, 115,

118, 129, 130, 133, 134,

135, 139, 140, 145, 157,

161, 162, 164, 167, 169,

170, 172, 176-80, 181, 200, 207-9, 211, 212, 215, 217, 225-6, 234, 243,244,25O-I, 257

Moscow Dramatic Theatre, 219

Moscow Theatre for Children, 218-9, 228-33 Moskvin, Ivan, 237 MOSPS Theatre, 218, 227 Mother, 150 My Friend, 25, 215

Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Studio, 45, 212, 213-14 Nemirovich-Danchenko, Vladimir, 52-3, 58, 64, 80-1, 117, 167, 212, 213, 250 New Economic Policy (NEP), 191

New Theatre, 227

Okhlopkov, Nikolai, 21, 148- 57, 203, 215, 227 O’Neill, Eugene, 120-21 Optimistic Tragedy, The, 24, 121, 123, 171, 227, 251

Ostrovski, Alexander, 25, 37, 54, 64, 93, 97, 163, 190, 204-5, 206, 214 Ouspenskaya, Maria, 241

Passos, John Dos, 121 Pavlov, Ivan, 94 Peace on Earth, 257 "People’s Artist of the Republic,” 237-9, 2 47 Phedre, 163, 251 Physical Action Theory of the Moscow Art Theatre, 74, x 39» J 54> 250

Pickwick Club, 14, 15, 16, 80, 172, 250

Pinero, Arthur W., 87 Podgorny, Nikolai, 80 Pogodin, Nikolai, 200, 215 Power of Darkness, The, 54 Prince Igor, 4, 166 Princess Turandot, 17, 130 Prokofiev, Sergei, 124, 245 Prolet-Cult Theatre, 218 Propaganda, 10, 30, 31, 46, 90, 193, 194-5, 197, 257-8, 263

Proposal, The, 99, 106, 108-12, 114-16

Pushkin, Alexander, 96, 122, 190, 247

Queen of Spades, The, 101, 116, 247

Rabinovich, Isaac, 167-70, 182 Realistic Theatre, 21-3, 148-

S7> 22 7

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INDEX

Red Army Theatre, 227, 243 Reinhardt, Max, 98, 150, 151 Renoir, Jean, 107 Resurrection, 221 Rice, Elmer, 47 Roerich, Nikolai, 160, 166 Romeo and Juliet , 163, 201 Ryndin, V. E., 163, 170, 171

Salome , 119, 163, 251 Samarin, Ivan, 205 Satire Theatre, 25, 219 Satz, Natalie, 219, 228-33,

247

Schiller, 128, 190, 205 Schmidt, Otto, 245 Scribe, Augustin, 190 Sea-Gull, The, 11, 54, 85-6 Second Five Year Plan, 192, 197, 222

Second Moscow Art Theatre, 25, 29, 167, 171, 207-11, 215

Serov, Valentin, 160 Shakespeare, William, 31, 37, 38, 122, 129, 190, 205, 247 Shaw, George Bernard, 120, 122, 247

Shchepkin, Michael, 205-6, 207

Shestakov, Victor, 100, 166-7 Shlepyanov, Ilya, 170, 171 Shlyapa, 137-8, 139-40, 148 Shostakovich, Dmitri, 213 Simonov, Reuben, 64, 134,

138, 141-4, 147, 216 Simonson, Lee, 82, 170

Simov, V. A., 161, 167, 169, 170

Sister Beatrice, 86 Skutarevski, 206 Slavin, L., 5 Snug Place, 214 Socialistic realism, 96, 163-5, 167, 171, 198-9, 200, 215, 251-2

Soudeikin, Sergei, 87 Spanish Curate, The, 189, 210 Stalin, Joseph, 3, 207, 247,

252

Stanislavski, Constantin, 4, 13, 47, 49-50, 51-4, 57, 58, 60,

61, 64, 65, 66, 69, 72, 74,

75> 7 8 > 82 "4> 8 7> 88 >

109, 113, 114, 117, 118,

119, 125, 126, 127, 132,

133, 148, 154, 157, 160,

178, 203, 204, 208, 211,

212, 214, 216, 217, 221,

225-6, 237, 251, 264 Stanislavski Opera Theatre, 45, 82, 212-13

Stanislavski System of Acting,

33> 37> 3 8 > 4°» 44> 57“

62, 69-70, 72-5, 101, 119,

145, 157, 206, 207-8, 211, 212, 215, 217, 242, 256 - Stenberg, G. and W., 163, 171 Stevedore, 257 Storm, The, 80, 163, 169 Strange Child, 25 Strauss, Richard, 86 Sudakov, I. Y., 80, 239, 243 Sulerzhitski, Leopold, 208

Tairov, Alexander, 24, 34, 35, 113, 118-24, I 57> *5 8 >

162-3, 164, 203, 227, 237, 2 47 > 251

Talents and Admirers , 64 Tamantseva, Ripsina, 82 Tarasova, Alla, 66 Tarkhanov, Michael, 16, 66 Technicums, Theatrical, 29, 33-40, 182, 243 Tenth Commandment, The, 219

Theatre for Young Spectators, 218-19

Theatre Guild of New York, 3°> *37> 170, 188 Theatre of the Revolution, 25, 29, 170, 171, 214-15 Theatre Union of New York, 188

Three Tat Men , 162 Tischler, Alexander, 170, 171 Toller, Ernst, 214 Tolstoy, Alexei, 25, 53, 190 Tolstoy, Leo, 54, 190, 221 TRAM (Theatre for Young Workers), 218, 243 Travels of Benjamin III, The, 219

Traviata , 213-4 Treadwell, Sophie, 121 Tretyakov, S., 153 Tristan and Isolde, 86, 87 Tsar Fyodor, 53, 178 Twelfth Night, 25, 171, 210 200,000, 219

Turgenyev, Ivan, 54

Unknown, The, 92

Vakhtangov, Eugene, 126-35, 203, 204, 208, 2ii, 215, 216, 251

Vakhtangov Theatre, 5, 6-10, 17, 21, 29, 30, 48, 133-48, 151, 154, 157, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 180-1, 211, 238

Vega, Lope de, 205 Verhaeren, E., 92 Vesnin, Alexander, 163 Vinci, Leonardo da, 108 Vishnevski, Vsevolod, 24, 121, 215

Vrubel, Michael, 160 VTSPS (Trade Unions Theatre), 218

Waiting for Lefty, 257 Wilde, Oscar, 119, 120 Williams, P. V., 169, 171-2 Woe from Wisdom, 54, 91,

167

Wolves and Sheep, 206, 216, 227

Workers’ Art Theatre, 219 World of Art. See "Mir Iskus- stva”

Zakhava, B. E., 134, 151 Zarkhi, N. A., 215 Zavadski, U. A., 216, 227,

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