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Soviet Theatre during the Thaw - Aesthetics, Politics and Performance (Hardcover)
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Soviet Theatre during the Thaw - Aesthetics, Politics and Performance (Hardcover)
Series: Cultural Histories of Theatre and Performance
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The era known as the Thaw (1953-64) was a crucial period in the
history of the Soviet Union. It was a time when the legacies of
Stalinism began to unravel and when brief moments of liberalisation
saw dramatic changes to society. By exploring theatre productions,
plays and cultural debates during the Thaw, this book sheds light
on a society in flux, in which the cultural norms, values and
hierarchies of the previous era were being rethought. Jesse
Gardiner demonstrates that the revival of avant-garde theatre
during the Thaw was part of a broader re-engagement with cultural
forms that had been banned under Stalin. Plays and productions that
had fallen victim to the censor were revived or reinvented, and
their authors and directors rehabilitated alongside waves of others
who had been repressed during the Stalinist purges. At the same
time, new theatre companies and practitioners emerged who
reinterpreted the stylized techniques of the avant-garde for a
post-war generation. This book argues that the revival of
avant-garde theatre was vital in allowing the Soviet public to
reimagine its relationship to state power, the West and its own
past. It permitted the rethinking of attitudes and prejudices, and
led to calls for greater cultural diversity across society.
Playwrights, directors and actors began to work in innovative ways,
seeking out the theatre of the future by re-engaging with the
proscribed forms of the past.
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