Popular Theater and Society in Tsarist Russia
, by Swift, Eugene Anthony- ISBN: 9780520225947 | 0520225945
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 12/1/2002
A detailed and fascinating account of the emergence of popular theater in Russia out of a synthesis of fairground shows, elite theater tradition, folk performance, and the new possibilities of mass culture. Swift shows how the public seized upon theater as an art form, as entertainment, and as an instrument of popular education.