Revolutionary Acts :
Mally, Lynn,
Revolutionary Acts : Amateur Theater and the Soviet State, 1917-1938 / Lynn Mally. - Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2016] ©2016 - 1 online resource (272 p.) : 14 halftones
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. The Revolution Loves the Theater -- 2. Small Forms on Small Stages -- 3. From "Club Plays" to the Classics -- 4. TRAM: The Vanguard of Amateur Art -- 5. Shock Workers on the Cultural Front -- 6. Amateurs in the Spectacle State -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index
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During the Russian Revolution and Civil War, amateur theater groups sprang up in cities across the country. Workers, peasants, students, soldiers, and sailors provided entertainment ranging from improvisations to gymnastics and from propaganda sketches to the plays of Chekhov. In Revolutionary Acts, Lynn Mally reconstructs the history of the amateur stage in Soviet Russia from 1917 to the height of the Stalinist purges. Her book illustrates in fascinating detail how Soviet culture was transformed during the new regime's first two decades in power.Of all the arts, theater had a special appeal for mass audiences in Russia, and with the coming of the revolution it took on an important role in the dissemination of the new socialist culture. Mally's analysis of amateur theater as a space where performers, their audiences, and the political authorities came into contact enables her to explore whether this culture emerged spontaneously "from below" or was imposed by the revolutionary elite. She shows that by the late 1920s, Soviet leaders had come to distrust the initiatives of the lower classes, and the amateur theaters fell increasingly under the guidance of artistic professionals. Within a few years, state agencies intervened to homogenize repertoire and performance style, and with the institutionalization of Socialist Realist principles, only those works in a unified Soviet canon were presented.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license:
In English.
9781501706981
Amateur theater--History.--Soviet Union
History.
Performing Arts & Drama.
Soviet & East European History.
HISTORY / Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
PN3169
792.0222094709041
Revolutionary Acts : Amateur Theater and the Soviet State, 1917-1938 / Lynn Mally. - Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2016] ©2016 - 1 online resource (272 p.) : 14 halftones
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. The Revolution Loves the Theater -- 2. Small Forms on Small Stages -- 3. From "Club Plays" to the Classics -- 4. TRAM: The Vanguard of Amateur Art -- 5. Shock Workers on the Cultural Front -- 6. Amateurs in the Spectacle State -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index
Open Access https://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2
During the Russian Revolution and Civil War, amateur theater groups sprang up in cities across the country. Workers, peasants, students, soldiers, and sailors provided entertainment ranging from improvisations to gymnastics and from propaganda sketches to the plays of Chekhov. In Revolutionary Acts, Lynn Mally reconstructs the history of the amateur stage in Soviet Russia from 1917 to the height of the Stalinist purges. Her book illustrates in fascinating detail how Soviet culture was transformed during the new regime's first two decades in power.Of all the arts, theater had a special appeal for mass audiences in Russia, and with the coming of the revolution it took on an important role in the dissemination of the new socialist culture. Mally's analysis of amateur theater as a space where performers, their audiences, and the political authorities came into contact enables her to explore whether this culture emerged spontaneously "from below" or was imposed by the revolutionary elite. She shows that by the late 1920s, Soviet leaders had come to distrust the initiatives of the lower classes, and the amateur theaters fell increasingly under the guidance of artistic professionals. Within a few years, state agencies intervened to homogenize repertoire and performance style, and with the institutionalization of Socialist Realist principles, only those works in a unified Soviet canon were presented.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license:
In English.
9781501706981
Amateur theater--History.--Soviet Union
History.
Performing Arts & Drama.
Soviet & East European History.
HISTORY / Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
PN3169
792.0222094709041