Theater between Hitler and Stalin

Theater critic and journalist writes about the theater world in 1980s in Ukraine. For over forty years the author has been writing about theater. He was able to interview many famous actors and witness many premiers. In this book he collected the best stories he has for today. Multiple black and white, as well as colorful photographs illustrate the book.

Exploring theater practices in communist and post-communist Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria, this book analyzes intertextuality or 'inter-theatricality' as a political strategy, designed to criticize contemporary political conditions while at the same time trying to circumvent censorship. In the Soviet bloc the theater of the absurd, experimentation, irony, and intertextual distancing...

Alternative strategies of economic development have received little attention in the literature. Academics rarely compare certain strategic features or assess the performance of different strategies in terms of outcomes. This book seeks to address that gap and to provide a theoretical background to the shift from industry to human capital-intensive services as the engine of economic growth....

For patrons of the Taganka Theatre under the direction of Yuri Lyubimov, this collection of poetry was inspired by plays that the author attended during 2004-2008. This slim volume, full of poetic snapshots of the theatre's famous plays, is an elegant tribute to the Taganka's unique place in Moscow's theatre world.

Wer kennt sie nicht: die Verfilmung des ›Hauptmann von Köpenick‹, mit Heinz Rühmann in der Titelrolle. Schon auf der Bühne war Zuckmayers Theaterstück mit seiner Mischung aus Komik und Sozialkritik ein großer Publikumserfolg. Der Film aber aus dem Jahr 1956 hat das Drama so populär gemacht wie kein anderes aus dem 20. Jahrhundert. Bis heute weckt es unsere Sympathie für all die Schelme und...