The Moscow Art Theatre

Nick Worrall teaches English and European dramatic literature, as well as Russian and Soviet literature, at Middlesex University. He has researched widely in modern Russian/Soviet theatre, specialising in the work of theatre directors. His publications include Nikolai Gogol and Ivan Turgenev, and Modernism to Realism on the Soviet Stage.

Part I The Establishment of the Moscow Art Theatre INTRODUCTION 1 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND 2 THE SOCIETY OF ART AND LITERATURE 3 THE CREATION OF A NEW THEATRE 4 THE HERMITAGE THEATRE ON CARRIAGE ROW 5 ACTORS, SALARIES, CONDITIONS OF SERVICE 6 SAVVA MOROZOV AND THE LIANOZOV THEATRE Part II The Moscow Art Theatre Repertoire 1898–1917 7 FIRST SEASON: 1898–1899 TSAR FEDOR IOANNOVICH The Sunken Bell, The Merchant of Venice, Despots, Greta’s Happiness, The Mistress of the Inn, The Seagull, Antigone, Hedda Gabler 8 SECOND SEASON: 1899–1900 The Death of Ivan the Terrible, Twelfth Night, Drayman Henschel, Uncle Vanya, Lonely Lives 9 THIRD SEASON: 1900–1901 The Snow Maiden, An Enemy of the People, When We Dead Awaken, Three Sisters 10 FOURTH SEASON: 1901–1902 The Wild Duck, Michael Kramer, In Dreams, The Merchant Class 11 FIFTH SEASON: 1902–1903 The Power of Darkness, THE LOWER DEPTHS, The Pillars of Society 12 SIXTH SEASON: 1903–1904 Julius Caesar, THE CHERRY ORCHARD 13 SEASON SEVEN TO SEASON TEN: 1904–1908 The Intruder, The Interior, The Blind, Ivanov, Ghosts, Children of the Sun, ’Tis Folly to be Wise, Brand, The Drama of Life, Boris Godunov, The Life of Man, Rosmersholm 14 SEASONS ELEVEN AND TWELVE: 1908–1909 The Blue Bird, The Government Inspector, A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY 15 SEASON TWELVE TO SEASON TWENTY: 1909–1917 16 CONCLUSION