Language: Russian
Published by Les Editions De L'etat Pour Les Belles Lettres / Gosidarstvennoy Izdatelistvo "Chudozhestvennaya Literatura", Leningrad, 1934
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
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First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Illustrated By Photographs And Drawings; Woodcut Initials (illustrator). 1st Edition. 9 5/8" Tall. 240 Pp. Yellow Cloth. Errata Slip And Publisher's Price Slip. Light Wear. Title Pages In French And Riussian But Alll Text In Russian. "The Russian Kamerny Theater Was A Small, Intimate Theatre Founded In Moscow In 1914 By The Russian Director Aleksandr Tairov To Support His Experimental Synthetic Theatre That Incorporated All Theatrical Arts - Ballet, Opera, Music, Mime, And Drama - As An Alternative To The Naturalistic Presentations Of Konstantin Stanislavsky's Realism At The Moscow Art Theatre. In His Memoirs, Lee Strasberg Described Seeing Performances By The Moscow Art Theater In New York In The 1920S As "The Decisive Step In My Search For A Solution To The Actor's Problem." (Encyclopedia Brittanica). Fine History Of The Theater With Dozens Of Full Page Photographic Plates And Reproductions Of Drawings Of Stage Sets, Productions, And Actors In Costume, Many Depicting Russian Avant-Garde Stage And Costume Design, Including Goncharova, Exter And Others. Small Inscription Dated 1935 On Ffep. Rare.