Interviews from Russia
Part 1: Alexey Bartoshevich
“It’s an old Russian tradition:
The worse the things are,
the more people go to the theatre.”
Alexey Bartoshevich
The worse the things are,
the more people go to the theatre.”
Alexey Bartoshevich
What does the relationship between a person and a state mean in Russian theatre?
Does contemporary Russian theatre speak the same language as its audience?
Is it possible to define a general direction of where theatre is going in a state like Russia?
In the spring of 2015, a young journalist Nina Mochalova from Moscow interviewed several figures of Russian theatre and cultural journalism on the current situation of theatre in Russia.
Interviews from Russia #1
The first part of the series shows an interview with the Russian theatre historian and Shakespeare scholar Alexey Bartoshevich in Moscow. The interview explores whether Russian theatre has changed in the course of the last few decades, and in what ways its audience has developed. His lifelong experience in theatre allows Bartoshevich to draw a manifold picture of the formation of Russian theatre and its latest history.
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Biographical notes on Alexey Bartoshevich:
Alexey Bartoshevich is the head of the Department of History of Foreign Theatre at the Russian University of Theatre Arts “GITIS” in Moscow, where he gives lectures on the history of foreign theatre with a special focus on Shakespeare. Since 1996, he has been a member of the International Shakespeare Association. He is the author of numerous books and articles dedicated to theatre.
Alexey Bartoshevich is the head of the Department of History of Foreign Theatre at the Russian University of Theatre Arts “GITIS” in Moscow, where he gives lectures on the history of foreign theatre with a special focus on Shakespeare. Since 1996, he has been a member of the International Shakespeare Association. He is the author of numerous books and articles dedicated to theatre.
Published on 1 May 2015
