The opulent St. Petersburg Imperial Theaters were subsidized and administered by the Russian court from the eighteenth century until the collapse of the tsarist order in 1917. This close association r
This book offers a new perspective on the history of?theatre in imperial Russia, focusing on the rise and regulation of the?theatre?industry and on the development of the idea of theatre. Murray Frame
A collection of 11 essays, collected by Brennan (Russian studies, King's College, Aberdeen, UK) and Frame (history, U. of Dundee), which focus on the effects of other countries' politics, societies, a