The Russian Pre-Theatrical Actor and the Stanislavsky System
The Russian Pre-Theatrical Actor and the Stanislavsky System by John Wesley Hill A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Theater and Drama) In The University of Michigan 2009 Doctoral Committee: Associate Professor Mbala D. Nkanga, Chair Professor Valerie Ann Kivelson Professor Leigh A. Woods Lecturer Martin W. Walsh In some cases, a children’s game, a folk game, or a village dance brings us closer to answering to the question of what is theater and what it should be than the work of a great playwright. A.I Beletskii Copyright John Wesley Hill 2009 To Leta, Lydia, and Vladimir ii Acknowledgements Thanks to: Center for Russian and East European Studies at the University of Michigan, Lauren Atkins, Wojciech Beltkiewicz, Myra Bertrand, Jeffrey Blim, John Carnwath, Stratos Constantinidis, Janet Crayne, Kate Elswit, Jody Enders, Rachel Facey, Karen Frye, Jay M. Gipson-King, Maurice and Barbara Hill, Olga P. Ignateyva, Claudia Jensen, Mary-Allen Johnson, Valerie Kivelson, Boris Katz, Bonnie Kerschbaum, Sam Kinser, Natalie Kononenko, Ann Kushkova, Alaina Lemon, Irina Lewandowski , M.A. Lobanov, Ewa Małachowska-Pasek, Holly Maples, Rosalind Martin, Predrag Matejic, Pat McCune, Anna Meerman-Bader, Vitalii Mikhailovich Miller, A.F. Nekrylova, Mbala Nkanga, Linda Norton, D Ohlandt (Ross), Ingrid Peterson, Irakli Pipia, Greg Poggi, Henry Reynolds, Talia Rodgers, Svitlana Rogovyk, Jeanmarie Rouhier-Willoughby, Suleyman Sarihan, Becky Seauvageau, Eric Schinzer, I.I. Shangina, Mila Shevchenko, Stephen Siercks, Daniel Strauss, Hellen Sullivan, Maeve Sullivan, Marina Swoboda, A.L. Toporkov, Igor’ Ushakov, Bisera Vlahovljak, Martin Walsh, EJ Westlake, Erica Wetter, Steven Whiting, Faith Wigzell, Leigh Woods, and the staff of Interlibrary Loan at the University of Michigan.
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