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de Jeanne Vronskaya

Type

Studies

Sujet

Countries > Russia / USSR

Mots Clés

Soviet cinema, 1920s, 1930s

Année d'édition

2026 (January 19, 2026)

Editeur

Routledge

Collection

Routledge Library Editions: Soviet Society

1ere édition

2024

Langue

anglais

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Format

Paperback • 122 pages
6 x 9 ¼ inches (15.5 x 23.5 cm)

ISBN

978-1-032-87780-8

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Description de l'ouvrage:
Based on theatrical research of unusual depth and enterprise, Theatre as a Weapon (1986) shows how the workers’ theatre of the 1920s and 1930s transformed the social function of theatre. Drawing largely on unpublished sources, it provides lively case studies of workers’ theatre in the USSR, Germany and the United Kingdom. They range from the Russian mass spectacles in front of the Winter Palace, through the thousands of factory and courtyard performances in Germany, to the May Day activities of the Workers’ Theatre Movement all over Britain. The authors worked for many years in political theatre in Britain, Austria and Germany, and they draw on their wide experience to focus on both major theoretical controversies and their practical ramifications. They show how workers’ theatre became an instrument, a weapon, for political change, helping to raise the consciousness of thousands of workers and encouraging them to take action. They describe how worker-actors, musicians, writers and directors formed small, flexible troupes which contributed locally to the day-to-day struggles of their class, while at the same time participating in national and international political campaigns. Developments in dramatic structure are analysed, from the simple review form to the more complex scene-and-song montage. Placing the work of Meyerhold, Eisenstein, Piscator, Brecht and Eisler in this context, the authors demonstrate how the montage principle became the significant factor in the political theatre of this period. The book is illustrated with rare photographs which reflect the atmosphere of those mass movements. Unique in its coverage, Theatre as a Weapon is above all an analysis of how the mirror of realistic theatre was transformed into a dynamic weapon for social change. It fills an important gap in the history of working-class culture.

À propos de l'auteur :
Jeanne Vronskaya, Russian-born and based in England, was a well-known writer on the cinema.

Revue de Presse:
‘Theatre as a Weapon matches the best analytical work in other languages, and is unique in the scope of its coverage. Both theatrically and politically, it is authoritative in its information and trenchant in its analysis.’ – Dr Edward Braun, University of Bristol

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