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Eight Twentieth-Century Russian Plays (European Drama Classics)
Eight TwentiethCentury Russian Plays - European Drama Classics Author:Timothy Langen (Editor), Justin Weir (Editor) In "Eight Twentieth-Century Russian Plays," Timothy Langen and Justin Weir introduce American students and general readers to the classics of twentieth-century Russian drama. — The volume includes both prerevolutionary plays and plays from the 1920s, one socialist realist play, and one from the end of the Stalin era. Four plays appear f... more »or the first time in English, and all eight translations are new. Langen and Weir also provide an insightful introduction to the literary, cultural, and political contexts in which the plays first appeared, considering the influence that various literary movements had on the development of Russian drama and exploring the effect of the increasingly politicized climate of the new Soviet state.
Sacred Blood, by Zinaida Gippius; The Unknown Woman, by Alexander Blok; Vladimir Mayakovsky, by Vladimir Mayakosky; The Case of the Entry Room, by Victor Ardov; Squaring the Circle, by Valentin Kataev; Elizaveta Bam, by Daniil Kharms; Grain, by Vladimir Kirshon; and The Guests, by Leonid Zorin.« less