John B Freedman

Nikolai Erdman is one of the giants of Russian literature. He is best-known for his play, 'The Suicide'. Stalin had this play banned and suppressed for over 50 years. With 'Glasnost' the reputation and interest in the life and work of Erdman has been rekindled in the USSR and in the West. This book ...

The plays selected for this anthology reflect the issues and styles typical of the new wave of dramatic writing in Russia. New drama flourished (almost) exclusively in small spaces, often in dingy basements that employed and accommodated small numbers of people. The big theaters largely turned a bli...

During World War II, as the United States called on its citizens to serve in unprecedented numbers, the presence of gay Americans in the armed forces increasingly conflicted with the expanding antihomosexual policies and procedures of the military. In Coming Out Under Fire, Allan Berube examines in ...

Olga Mukhina is one of the most talented, young playwrights in Russia. Born in Moscow in 1970, she has already garnered enviable praise from critics and audiences throughout Russia and Europe since her first play, Tanya-Tanya, was performed in 1996. Tanya-Tanya is an atmospheric, poetic tale that ob...

First Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The reviews and features collected in John Freedman's Moscow Performances bring to life the diversity, energy, and imagination of Russian theater as few books have done before. While focusing on the work of Moscow's leading directors - Pyotr Fomenko, Kama Ginkas, Valery Fokin, Anatoly Vasilyev, Kons...

First Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.