Women in Russian Theatre

<p><em>Women in Russian Theatre</em> is a fascinating feminist counterpoint to the established area of Russian theatre populated by male artists such as Stanislavsky, Chekov and Meyerhold. With unprecedented access to newly-opened files in Russia, Catherine Schuler brings to light the actresses who had an impact upon Russian modernist theatre.<br> Schuler brings to light the extradordinary lives and work of eight Russian actresses who flourished on the stage between the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.</p> Chapter 1 The Apogee of the Actress; Chapter 2 The Nina Zarechnaia Epidemic; Chapter 3 Mariia Savina; Chapter 4 An Uneasy Alliance; Chapter 5 Narodnichestvo, Nationalism, and Neurasthenia; Chapter 6 Enter the Actress-Entrepreneur; Chapter 7 Lidia Iavorskaia; Chapter 8 Little Girl Lost;