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UNINA9910484152903321 |
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Autore |
Marsh Cynthia |
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Titolo |
Translated and Visiting Russian Theatre in Britain, 1945–2015 [[electronic resource] ] : A "Russia of the Theatrical Mind"? / / by Cynthia Marsh |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2020 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed. 2020.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xvi, 392 pages) : illustrations |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Performing arts |
Theater |
Motion pictures |
Performing Arts |
Russian, Soviet, and East European History |
Contemporary Theatre |
Global/International Theatre and Performance |
Theatre Industry |
Adaptation Studies |
Russia History |
Europe, Eastern History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1. Setting the Scene -- 2. Gogol's Russia -- 3. From Merchant to Gentry Russia -- 4. Exposing Cultural Transfer -- 5. Confronting Modern Russias -- 6. Staging Russian Prose -- . |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book tackles questions about the reception and production of translated and untranslated Russian theatre in post-WW2 Britain: why in British minds is Russia viewed almost as a run-of-the-mill production of a Chekhov play. Is it because Chekhov is so dominant in British theatre culture? What about all those other Russian writers? Many of them are very different from Chekhov. A key question was formulated, thanks to a review by Susannah Clapp of Turgenev’s A |
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