Russian culture and theatrical performance in America, 1891-1933 /
[Book]
Valleri J. Hohman
1st ed
New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2011
xi, 209 p. :
ill. ;
22 cm
Palgrave studies in theatre and performance history
Includes bibliographical references and index
Machine generated contents note: -- PART I: RUSSIANS IN AMERICA: THE EARLY YEARS . "Russian" in America -- Jacob Gordin in America -- The First Russian Touring Artists in America -- PART II: THE RUSSIAN INVASION OF THE AMERICAN THEATRE. Otto H. Kahn: Establishing Russian Performance in America -- Morris Gest: Bringing Russian Art to the Masses -- PART III: REVOLUTIONARY THEATRE FROM RUSSIA TO AMERICA. Experimentation in the Soviet Theatre -- The Habima in America -- Experiments in Style in the 1920s Yiddish Theatres -- The Artef and Workers' Theatre in the US
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"Between the 1890s and the 1930s, advancements in communication and travel encouraged widespread international cultural exchange, and Americans increasingly came into contact with Russian culture and theatrical performance. A number of factors, including emigration from Russia, world war, revolutionary activities in both Russia and the United States, and developments in modernism in the American theatre influenced the way those performances were received by American artists and audiences. Examining the work of impresarios, financiers, and the press as well as the artists themselves, Hohman demonstrates how a variety of Russian theatrical styles were introduced and incorporated into American theatre and dance"--
Russian Americans-- Intellectual life-- 19th century
Russian Americans-- Intellectual life-- 20th century