The Madness of the Brave: How the Legendary Sovremennik Theatre Was Born and Why It Changed the Russian Stage Forever
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The Madness of the Brave: How the Legendary Sovremennik Theatre Was Born and Why It Changed the Russian Stage Forever
39.99 €
A landmark book is being published for the 70th anniversary of the legendary Sovremennik Theatre. This is not a dry chronicle, but a living breath of life behind the scenes, a story of the "madness" that in 1956 brought together Oleg Efremov, Galina Volchek, Igor Kvasha, Yevgeny Yevstigneyev, and Oleg Tabakov in their search for truth on stage.
Yevgenia Kuznetsova has created a portrait of the theatre as a living organism—from the first studio manifesto to the present day. This is a story about how freedom was born behind the closed doors of rehearsal rooms and how the personal destinies of the artists intertwined with the fate of a great country.
On the pages of this book, you will journey through the era's major productions and the theatre's most important events:
- Portraits Without Makeup: Sincere and profound memories of Oleg Efremov and Galina Volchek. How two leaders shaped the fate of Sovremennik and each other, creating a theater where the artistic and the personal were inseparable.
- From "Eternally Alive" to "Three Comrades": The birth of theatrical masterpieces. How Rozov's chamber play became a manifesto of freedom, and Remarque and Ginzburg helped the company endure through the most difficult times, selling out theaters for decades.
- Anatomy of a Legend: A detailed chronicle of the creation of a theater studio, told in the first person. How young and daring actors fought for the right to speak truth to audiences in an era of censorship and stagnation.
- Behind the Scenes of Masterpieces: Creative torments and acting epiphanies in iconic productions—from the scandalous "The Naked King" and the historical trilogy about revolutionaries to poignant productions of plays by Nikolai Kolyada and Alexander Galin. - Dramatic Knots: An honest account of the most difficult moments—Efremov's departure for the Moscow Art Theater, the change of generations, and how Sovremennik maintained its unique ethics and iron discipline, remaining a "theater of living people."
- History's "Steep Route": How performances became civic acts, and the stage became a place where audience and actor together sought answers to the fundamental questions of conscience and memory.
Yevgenia Kuznetsova has created a portrait of the theatre as a living organism—from the first studio manifesto to the present day. This is a story about how freedom was born behind the closed doors of rehearsal rooms and how the personal destinies of the artists intertwined with the fate of a great country.
On the pages of this book, you will journey through the era's major productions and the theatre's most important events:
- Portraits Without Makeup: Sincere and profound memories of Oleg Efremov and Galina Volchek. How two leaders shaped the fate of Sovremennik and each other, creating a theater where the artistic and the personal were inseparable.
- From "Eternally Alive" to "Three Comrades": The birth of theatrical masterpieces. How Rozov's chamber play became a manifesto of freedom, and Remarque and Ginzburg helped the company endure through the most difficult times, selling out theaters for decades.
- Anatomy of a Legend: A detailed chronicle of the creation of a theater studio, told in the first person. How young and daring actors fought for the right to speak truth to audiences in an era of censorship and stagnation.
- Behind the Scenes of Masterpieces: Creative torments and acting epiphanies in iconic productions—from the scandalous "The Naked King" and the historical trilogy about revolutionaries to poignant productions of plays by Nikolai Kolyada and Alexander Galin. - Dramatic Knots: An honest account of the most difficult moments—Efremov's departure for the Moscow Art Theater, the change of generations, and how Sovremennik maintained its unique ethics and iron discipline, remaining a "theater of living people."
- History's "Steep Route": How performances became civic acts, and the stage became a place where audience and actor together sought answers to the fundamental questions of conscience and memory.
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- All books by the publisher
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- All books in the series Russian Theatre. The country's main theatres