13 The Silver Age, 1905-19
Ruslan ans of he prod whi suceeded the hsorielyexhasive
intent entry andthe storey existed ds inhabited
pty el-ishioned exe ely. The thee of Moscow and St
Patrbarg closed temporal following ‘Bloody Sande’ {8 Janay
1905) prelude to reolion,eactionary sate polls and renewed and
‘tensed government censorship ofthe at. The depression and auldes
of Rasalan nellectslsineeased with ar Ns Is dard fhe
Second Duma Juve 1907) Socly leased and geting nec
sought i crt and self defison nrespesve ati opin ony
tical and formals, symbols and aur cit and popu ‘aon o
sxeand it,
Beginning in 1898, the end of a decd of rapid industtion, 2
network of temperance, fry lay an oir? theses supported
by liberal inllecwalsprometing reraiion developed a Rss’ pro
vincial ows and veges In 1907, the tiesto exercise pete
contol eve ppalr theatres, bat thee ais continued to wien.
le 945 a poplar hare congress rege 65 dla (aoag hem
Bolsheviks an ari secret get) Moscow By 1916 the sume
roicing popula theses ret simos 200 Howes ti phenome
‘no combed it tothe theatre history of the Ser Age, a th tel
‘esta angel socied ise fiom che mer andreesedincosie
priests tht consated comma of ier a faith
By 1909, when thecal anthology Landmark ofed isin
brie othe ellipsis persona and ole e-oreaton am the
seclopolical oe spiral he process wat aleay ell ander vy The
Rossin symbolise, most of whoa wrote play sought expand and
seepenarisicundestndagsndrepesentton ofl Thesymbolss
rected primary or haan nnn and the sacacos, remerang
ier and outer experience the ied and the mst he nds
the communal, Yacesey Trans ne>-Niemachean Hellenic uk of
“he mring [and femiaed) god Dioayaus mgt for pefoemstive
consciocanes persona liberation andthe ecco of pycholoi,
behavioural (gende) nd cult (Eeopean and Asai) opposes,
“Teate, which bch cxpese and sought to rete what fear ald
‘the patios of individuals, tmafrmed ninten-centary Ranson
‘altars moral imperative nite teats nd the peopl th inl
‘dual artsinellecats pcalimpentve o eshte his dvied
sel Thisnewyingratedel-conoumen wi pied bythe sol
‘sy ad others at an ssefsh model for clan neva.
‘Thesynbolisteffetto conceal the intel difereceDeveen ait
and people wih an read coon carey of erenve eas (ays
‘alaarchist Georgy Chl nas) coneded with both ennai
‘tends and a popu religous rv x “Cod seking’ in Raia?
Relginsphilosophical societies founded in Mosow ad st eesbrgin
908 continued the legacy of Ruse symbols godfither Vidi
Soko whoa fred 'God-manhond asa conte alteratie s
Nich’ nhs cone of a godhood thats he spe.
Although ino prophetic commune’ nominally echewed divisive
poles forte ried nce consciousness than coaesing,
“thefocsoal “Inti paral of asec em egaisea cole
india, the Resin symbols dered ong theses andy
906 split over whether the new teats myer shouldbe lor ne
pn o Chistian van’ thera Dioyan-Civist ld bos) dies
thsi oreven chur Inert synboli drama posed he auton
Meal spectra inthe cae of Fodor Slog Thexteof One Wil!
{ago.n which eheauhorsead text fom he stage the del peroonee
‘ilo Eveino's theory of moneda (09), which vexed shoal
conciousness in 2 drome protons seene- ad career ato,
vison, rhe denonsrated the terial eéretretalty of yt
nd symbol indoenced ter,
{In cay, slons eel, vino’ Tower spent symbolic)
‘sewapapers and highbrow joumal (rhe Sele, The Goer le) ier
Agecultureuigutocsy diseased andenated self dbtin prs of
seléavnteese Hesed arguments ensied over that’ ‘es, i
“deat and ae wise wana yet anbigoous masks caved
omnes ad bulge asin ground or showbot) sages Aa he
‘aterevoltonary pio progressed even the hil began vo wonderwhee thetic transformation cold ever be synonyms wit pts
‘tal and cit uansiguadon snd wheter te a's Pan dein
ofsboandaryls rely and uteeed ie wll was ata
Indvenced by Wagner theories, symboli thee ais aspired t9
‘spirale ater and ensusse the spe nanan tpreseationl ati
siesyaenthea imbued withthe my pote and sont aeshee oF
‘use et these ass instinctively knew hts fly and ely crested
consis ifranscends consioa asl repetsent Atte sane
tine, ey understood through the expe of ats such as Ane
Sinberg, whom they admired fr his expernentl,execenl, ie
‘hat nlite e-experencing and self dramatist lead io imploios
‘nd alienation msl clssand eves coterie Suchknowledge bere the
fact eed in intense elP-consiouess a feing of doubles aad
‘he exhating ugiter of oman’ hen ested Bk lay
Thereirgound e996) bien ony’
Under the influence of Oo Weinngrs misogynist sudy Sor nd
charcr1909) which wastanlntd ino Rasian frp td widely de
seminted by 1914, doublenes ad ony wee ofen preset in Ses
‘Age cule in cems of ambiguous weal. he homesexs ial
‘Kuzin wrote homoerotic pty and dana and composed music forthe
avantgarde theatre The androgyne ZnldaGippiswhotcunder asta
Hine peony, tved in an eccencie mine an, with the Raman
Nieerche iil Rozanoy, propounded a rltomhip between ox Ed
God? The dating and iverson of sex sypes was pero by
pase, efeminae, decdent en Patt and Homose mas) nd
scan tibeie,pedaiory women (Colambine, Salome, Clenpata,
Wiman at Dest, na en in ton btn the ating nd scene aad
‘osu designs o Leon Bs, Koasantia Smov and Nill Kno,
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octooe(edton hae14 Revolutionary theatre, 1917-1930
‘The achievement of te evloionary theate was find x new ad ith
eto urie way of constructing damaged we that he way
ockrdandbaredbefre ts end was own Borin the nase niferng
‘nd struggles ofthe revlon a the Civ Wat, rowing up daring te
"ly ad head insecurity of Lenin's New Fzonone Pl ate tae
‘gate beween Sela and Troy it was sould cat by the growing
init ofthe wes yan, whose eee atte towards ds ad
thea was consent only in ts sbominatioa of anything expert ot
‘eve Butin 917 an for fe yee thea the may eee ope
seoinely democti re-examination of etry apt of socal end oral
if andthe these became perhaps the most importa tha
eraanatin Itvascaredonwithpastonatesincesty at nea
solu bt ts xy nasty garnet sigaance
‘The int clear detonsations of what the new druna might be Uke
‘ame on 7 Novenber 918, wen Vedinie Mahan’ ey Bie
‘wn presented in 2 prodacion by Vaewolod Merial the These
‘Music and Drama Conseratory i Petrograd othe ae yo he
‘Wedenshy People's House in Mascon, Vatly Kameasiys Sinks Rae
seccived Ks premiere in a production by Atay Zonov sod Vly
Ssktovhy. These were brash, aoey “poplar epic peopled by
sroesqu carers and peppered with eectching and unespected
stuns popular sgansing poy and ey and uavepentat eon
‘Seam. They may be eget asthe vise tp oa vate eile
‘éureepdami’ which ripped Russ immed afer te eelton,
Droucing a popula, putipory movement of wnequdid magne
and vialiy The Prleule (Polen Cota and Elsettond
Organiser, whowe self-appointed ti was to provide woskng ese
and peasant peopl wth the means ofall hart or env tapes
bad lteraly huades ofthe groapperftngnprvsedandape,
tinal plysacose county andhismationleqiation wis comple
mete by the independant loa oops sched to factories, viliges
social cabsand son,
‘The Boahevik goverment sugges to conn the het expen,
Within is Commissar of Enlightenment, headed by Annoly
nacarky himself a pleywrgh, et up « Theste Division (TEO)
‘der Olga Kamenes (Tosser and Bolshevik lester Kane
fl) and pet Meyetold in charge ofthe Pategrad ranch. He sad
Kamener worked co put all theses, incuding the fomnet peta
‘Theaes the Ar Thee and mor ender thei ovo rai leadesin
‘fk onaonalise them buton the ems Meyetold wanted tng
es hana revolution inthe epee, acing ses ane cantons of
theses Unformatly fe im, a Maya he was sack don
‘uberulssand lef Pewogradforthe south io rcuperste Inne pee
Seizing th chance of Meyer's absence, he esa he mai
heats, inclodng Stanek, and Aleksandr Yahin of the May
“Theat, eolied Lanachraky o defend them, Wit Leni’ baking, Ne
sacked Rameneva king her ae himel tide op Themes, wih
warded academic sas, ge bidesandartsceedom the jot,
‘heures and ser psi, with sll susie alle eo,
thecthern
Pole which ws seen a hes to the Roiheik any Sel,
bate special age of Leni iene sping of 920 eed to ahe
itenex-nural branch ofthe Comment ofaligheaent, and en
‘thi made no dference ois ouring popalriy and dynamic nd sae
tiveactvkes, he sed parton wihinc ei ational concen
‘Oaber 920 totake contd both of cet commite anton
li which was thereat to be sortie otha othe arty. The ae
Pary-appoved chairman, Vaan Pee, within afew month had
hms ates fat fe Bolsheviks’ elem appt fa poe edhe
‘edt gin the Polak was pared eee fo seer more
eae
‘Running pail to the Proledat, but ang ost paced bu aot
isateted profesional actors was Teeth texte of eolionry
‘sie. The bin of Mikal Pasyin the decir fhe ealivanch
ofthe Rssan telegraph servic, Ron, in Vite, ecw ates
begun ass means of pending news and propgands to those wha ete
Ire ox eheewise net rade aenspapers Therma whih he
rou guchly developed ws sala ox reve or cba, and stallincluded songs, com rotererie mckig the ene of the eel
tion, extoraory setces and deacons of polcal events, sich 2
Paani’ arly piece, TheBlactede Other fous tems ialuded ant
‘ores, poster ike animated cartoon, made by ewig ot the bead
a fands ofa feszedawing and having the ators ebindond
‘ove his own head and arms trough the oles fl dance; gyi
sup movenent and scenes centing onthe popalarttonl puppet,
Petshla, sometines played by a ive aoe. Tug, na collage of I,
unconnected tems, sttired scoring to the fom ofa tr ee
“ving newspapers kept thle sdienceinonne boats engoged with
theinwer ofthe day.
‘Trev bpaninVitebk but wassoonobestenontoarnthe county:
side anlathe Cl War font Thetesenblace tothe ol aolngtoupes
‘of players was clea thee popalay rest tg they mee avid
‘form in Moscow, and in Ap 1920 they moved tee permanently,
ling the Niky TheavetpNovenberothatyeehanothe tet
‘etionefthe recovered andere Mejethold Metter gus
talig themselves heats of revolutionary ste sprang up actos the
county, sing the sme fort eve sometine the mesg, de
‘gna roupe Encouraged by Lanchaniy, Teresa were eben
‘many places inducing Bas, Nae Kaluga, and, etal, Peto
‘whet Nikola Pero, with Yiry Amenkov and Nibley, fn
company. The ead ofthe Civil Wa lage ermine thereon deo
‘he Terewsasand mstefihem dspparelintheeay9205 butte wee
importa, not only becuse they gave employment outa werk per
Farmers tut ote sige bees they develope fo he ving
newspapee, whic ceeyinfeaed the dvelopmet of revoitonary
thea and indeed specheps aot completely worked vt 0%
“Meanwhile the bubiing popular ariciain nea fund anew
‘vet in mas spectacle, speciale deama fr performance by
‘ast umbersof aeipantpesened ually on oe ofthe new bliays
‘of e Bolshevik regime. Taking hemes sch ar the history of Matis
om 1848 o 1917, oF the epic of popular eelione fom Spars tothe
Paris Comming, they coested of ingly syle actions by ereape