Stanislavskii i Nemirovich-Danchenko: The Story of their theater relationship: 1909-1938 In two volumes

This book continues the previously published "Story of theater relationship...:years 1897-1908" between two famous theater directors, the founders of the Moscow Art theater K.S. Stanislavskii (1863-1938) and Vl.I. Nemirovich-Danchenko (1858-1943). The first of two volumes describes a shift from attempts to create productions under a joint directorship to theoretical disputes between the directors. Artistic differences were manifest in their approaches to dramaturgy, in the way they assessed their productions and in their attitude to Stanislavskii`s performances as an actor. Volume two is a history of their breaking off relations. The theater season of 1917-18 made further collaboration between the directors impossible. Not only did they begin working apart, but they also refrained from discussing each other`s creations. The two former partners started separate theaters: Stanislavskii directed The Opera House, and Nemirovich-Danchenko headed the Theater of Music. They were only brought together by the requirements of the MKHT administration. All this defined the necessity of structural changes at the MKHT and of the search for ways of survival. The book also discusses the problems of maintaining theater traditions under the Soviet regime. Bibliographical references, name index.