Women in Russian Theatre is a fascinating feminist counterpoint to the established area of Russian theatre populated by male artists such as Stanislavsky, Cheko

This collection addresses key questions in women's theatre history and retrieves a number of previously "hidden" histories of women performers. The essays range

"This collection of essays examines the lives of women across Russia--from wealthy noblewomen in St Petersburg to desperately poor peasants in Siberia--discussi

The image of women in Russian culture has undergone profound changes: from the origins of modern Russian literature in the eighteenth century until the Revoluti

A latecomer continually hampered by government control and interference, the Russian theatre seems an unlikely source of innovation and creativity. Yet, by the