Theatre and Performance in Eastern Europe

This is a collection of articles about contemporary theatre and performance history in Eastern Europe. It considers the ways the socio-political change has affected theatre and performance in countries such as Russia, the former Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and the former Yugoslavia, particularly after the break-up of the Soviet Union.

Part 1 Acknowledgments Part 2 Introduction Part 3 Part 1: Russia Chapter 4 1. Power as Nostalgia: The Bolshoi Ballet in the New Russia Chapter 5 2. A Little Orchestra of Hope: Sergei Artsybashev Chapter 6 3. Boris Eifman's Theatre Enigma Chapter 7 4. Oleg Tabakov at the Moscow Art Theatre: An Interview with Alexander Popov Part 8 Part 2: Poland Chapter 9 5. Looking for Politics in All the Wrong Places: Teatr Wybrzee's Educational Theatre Wybrazeak Part 10 Part 3: Bulgaria Chapter 11 6. Yordan Radichkov's Trying to Fly Against Aesthetic and Political Canons Chapter 12 7. Post-Totalitarian Bulgarian Theatre and Drama: Experimenters and Literary Cinderallas Part 13 Part 4: Romania Chapter 14 8. The (R)evolution of Romanian Theatre Part 15 Part 5: Former Czechoslovakia Chapter 16 9. The Devil and Brezhnev's Eyebrows: Czech "Anti-fascist" Theater after the Warsaw Pact Invasion Chapter 17 10. Exiling Time: Czech Theatre's Post-Communist Struggle to Reconcile Legacies with Change Chapter 18 11. Nostalgia and Technology Part 19 Part 6: Hungary Chapter 20 12. Truth, Reality, and Illusion: Arpá d Gö ncz and Hungarian Medea Chapter 21 13. Theatre in Hungary from Past to Pé cs, 1984-2001 Part 22 Part 7: Former Yugoslavia Chapter 23 14. Tales from the Wild East Chapter 24 15. Old New Times: A Search for a Cultural Identity in the Countries of the Former Yugoslavia Chapter 25 16. Body in Context: Slovene Theatre at the End of the Transition Chapter 26 17. Croatian Theatre and the War 1992-1994 Chapter 27 18. Making a "MESS" Out of Misery: The Sarajevo International Theatre Festival Ten Years After Chapter 28 19. From the Myth of Artistic Independence to the Myth of Artistic Engagement Chapter 29 20. Between Engagement and Escapism Chapter 30 21. Laughing Through the Changes: The Palliative Theatre of Du? an Kovacevic Chapter 31 22. The Role of the Artist in the Dark Times Part 32 Appendix A: Selected Works of Boris Eifman Part 33 Appendix B: Playwrights of the Post-Communist Czech Republic Part 34 Appendix C: Sarajevo International Theatre Festival Part 35 Appendix D: The Plays of Du? an Kovacevic Part 36 Appendix E: DAH Theatre Performances Part 37 Bibliography Part 38 About the Editors and Contributors Part 39 Index