Because the Communist Party of the USSR recognized the effectiveness of theater in influencing th... more Because the Communist Party of the USSR recognized the effectiveness of theater in influencing the masses and inculcating a socialist consciousness , it made strenuous efforts to control all aspects of theatrical activity. Theater directors were open to attack, dismissal, arrest, and execution. It was imperative for the literal survival of their companies that their productions be supported by a strong proletarian audience base and that they demonstrate their clear ideological positions. One way in which directors could negotiate the treacherous political terrain and prove that they were, in fact, presenting comprehensible productions well-received by workers was by seeking solid empirical evidence confirming their claims. One of the few who did so was Les Kurbas (1887-1937), Artistic Director of the Berezil Artistic Association. His use of a broad spectrum of tools and approaches, including behaviorist analyses and questionnaires, remains to date still one of the most forward-think...
"The study of modernism has been largely focused on Western cultural centres such as Paris, ... more "The study of modernism has been largely focused on Western cultural centres such as Paris, Vienna, London, and New York. Extravagantly illustrated with over 300 photos and reproductions, Modernism in Kyiv demonstrates that the Ukrainian capital was a major centre of performing and visual arts as well as literary and cultural activity. While arguing that Kyiv's modernist impulse is most prominently displayed in the experimental work of Les Kurbas, one of the masters of the early Soviet stage, the contributors also examine the history of the city and the artistic production of diverse groups including Ukrainians, Russians, Jews, and Poles. Until now a silent presence in Western accounts of the cultural topography of modernism, multicultural Kyiv is here restored to its historical, intellectual, and artistic complexity. Excerpts taken from the works of artists, writers, and critics as well as the numerous illustrations help give life to the exciting creativity of this period. The first book-length examination of this subject, Modernism in Kyiv is a breakthrough accomplishment that will become a standard volume in the field."
* Preface ? Diane Bryden and Irena R. Makaryk* Introduction: Shakespeare in Canada: 'aworld e... more * Preface ? Diane Bryden and Irena R. Makaryk* Introduction: Shakespeare in Canada: 'aworld elsewhere'? ? Irena R. Makaryk* Part One: Beginnings: Institutionalizing Shakespeare* Pioneer Shakespeare Culture: The Reverend Henry Scadding and His Shakespeare Display at the 1892 Toronto Industrial Exhibition ? Heather Murray* The Imperial Theme: The Shakespeare Society of Toronto,1928-1969 ? Karen Bamford*'A Stage for the Word': Shakespeare on CBC Radio, 1947-1955 ? Marta Straznicky* Stratford and the Aspirations for a Canadian National Theatre ? Margaret Groome* Shakespeare Canadiens at the Stratford Festival ? C.E. McGee* A National Hamlet?: Stratford's Legacy of Twentieth-Century Productions ? Jessica Schagerl* Part Two: Shakespeare On Stage*'Le Re-making' of le Grand Will: Shakespeare in Francophone Quebec ? Leanore Lieblein* Learning to Curse in Accurate Iambics: Shakespeare in Newfoundland ? Peter Ayers* Liberal Spectators and Illiberal Critiques: Necessary Angel's King Lear ? Michael McKinnie* Part Three: Critical Debates and Traditions* Continuity and Contradiction: University Actors Meet the Universal Bard ? Anthony B. Dawson* Canadian Bacon ? Paul Yachnin and Brent E. Whitted* Canada, Negative Capability, and Cymbeline ? Alexander Leggatt* Frye's Shakespeare, Frye's Canada ? L.M. Findlay* Part Four: Reimagining Shakespeare* Nation and/as Adaptation: Shakespeare, Canada, and Authenticity ? Daniel Fischlin* Undead and Unsafe: Adapting Shakespeare (in Canada) ? Mark Fortier* Normand Chaurette's Les Reines: Shakespeare and the Modern in the Alchemical Oven ? Lois Sherlow* Othello in Three Times ? Ric Knowles* Afterword: Relocating Shakespeare, Redefining Canada ? Diana Brydon
Because the Communist Party of the USSR recognized the effectiveness of theater in influencing th... more Because the Communist Party of the USSR recognized the effectiveness of theater in influencing the masses and inculcating a socialist consciousness , it made strenuous efforts to control all aspects of theatrical activity. Theater directors were open to attack, dismissal, arrest, and execution. It was imperative for the literal survival of their companies that their productions be supported by a strong proletarian audience base and that they demonstrate their clear ideological positions. One way in which directors could negotiate the treacherous political terrain and prove that they were, in fact, presenting comprehensible productions well-received by workers was by seeking solid empirical evidence confirming their claims. One of the few who did so was Les Kurbas (1887-1937), Artistic Director of the Berezil Artistic Association. His use of a broad spectrum of tools and approaches, including behaviorist analyses and questionnaires, remains to date still one of the most forward-think...
"The study of modernism has been largely focused on Western cultural centres such as Paris, ... more "The study of modernism has been largely focused on Western cultural centres such as Paris, Vienna, London, and New York. Extravagantly illustrated with over 300 photos and reproductions, Modernism in Kyiv demonstrates that the Ukrainian capital was a major centre of performing and visual arts as well as literary and cultural activity. While arguing that Kyiv's modernist impulse is most prominently displayed in the experimental work of Les Kurbas, one of the masters of the early Soviet stage, the contributors also examine the history of the city and the artistic production of diverse groups including Ukrainians, Russians, Jews, and Poles. Until now a silent presence in Western accounts of the cultural topography of modernism, multicultural Kyiv is here restored to its historical, intellectual, and artistic complexity. Excerpts taken from the works of artists, writers, and critics as well as the numerous illustrations help give life to the exciting creativity of this period. The first book-length examination of this subject, Modernism in Kyiv is a breakthrough accomplishment that will become a standard volume in the field."
* Preface ? Diane Bryden and Irena R. Makaryk* Introduction: Shakespeare in Canada: 'aworld e... more * Preface ? Diane Bryden and Irena R. Makaryk* Introduction: Shakespeare in Canada: 'aworld elsewhere'? ? Irena R. Makaryk* Part One: Beginnings: Institutionalizing Shakespeare* Pioneer Shakespeare Culture: The Reverend Henry Scadding and His Shakespeare Display at the 1892 Toronto Industrial Exhibition ? Heather Murray* The Imperial Theme: The Shakespeare Society of Toronto,1928-1969 ? Karen Bamford*'A Stage for the Word': Shakespeare on CBC Radio, 1947-1955 ? Marta Straznicky* Stratford and the Aspirations for a Canadian National Theatre ? Margaret Groome* Shakespeare Canadiens at the Stratford Festival ? C.E. McGee* A National Hamlet?: Stratford's Legacy of Twentieth-Century Productions ? Jessica Schagerl* Part Two: Shakespeare On Stage*'Le Re-making' of le Grand Will: Shakespeare in Francophone Quebec ? Leanore Lieblein* Learning to Curse in Accurate Iambics: Shakespeare in Newfoundland ? Peter Ayers* Liberal Spectators and Illiberal Critiques: Necessary Angel's King Lear ? Michael McKinnie* Part Three: Critical Debates and Traditions* Continuity and Contradiction: University Actors Meet the Universal Bard ? Anthony B. Dawson* Canadian Bacon ? Paul Yachnin and Brent E. Whitted* Canada, Negative Capability, and Cymbeline ? Alexander Leggatt* Frye's Shakespeare, Frye's Canada ? L.M. Findlay* Part Four: Reimagining Shakespeare* Nation and/as Adaptation: Shakespeare, Canada, and Authenticity ? Daniel Fischlin* Undead and Unsafe: Adapting Shakespeare (in Canada) ? Mark Fortier* Normand Chaurette's Les Reines: Shakespeare and the Modern in the Alchemical Oven ? Lois Sherlow* Othello in Three Times ? Ric Knowles* Afterword: Relocating Shakespeare, Redefining Canada ? Diana Brydon
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