This book traces the career of the Russian revolutionary theatre director, Vsevolod Meyerhold, from his early years as a founding member of the Moscow Art Theatre with Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko, through his Symbolist period, his experiments with commedia dell'arte and other popular forms, to his demise in the Stalin era. Leach describes in detail Meyerhold's 'system' of theatre: his attitude to the audience, the place of the fore stage, 'biomechanics' and actor training, and the importance of the mise-en-scene. Finally, Leach explores Meyerhold's legacy, which can be detected in the work of Brecht, Eisenstein, Peter Brook and others.

A study of the career of the Russian revolutionary theatre director, Vsevolod Meyerhold, from his early years to his glittering triumphs in the Tsarist imperial theatres.
Reviews
'Robert Leach's monograph provides lucid and essential insight into the magnificent modernist Vsevolod Meyerhold ... a valuable and illuminating book.' Plays and Players
'Few Meyerhold scholars have contributed as lucid and insightful an understanding of Meyerhold's theories as Leach manages ... Vsevolod Meyerhold is a cogently written overview of a fascinating theatrical era.' Theatre Three



Book Information
ISBN 9780521318433
Author Robert Leach
Format Paperback
Page Count 240
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 360g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 14mm