Solovki Prison Camp Theatre

There were theatres in many Soviet concentration camps. What were they like? Can we regard them as an artistic phenomenon? Do they constitute a distinct unity? It has been difficult to answer these and many other questions concerning the term "concentration camp theatre" mainly because the KGB archives are still largely inaccessible and few are still alive of those who worked in the theatres of the "world behind the barbed wire". The most important theatre of this kind, serving as a model for others, was in the Solovki camp for political prisoners. This account provides precise dates and names of the theatre managers, directors and actors.

ISBN	3718654393	Pages	208
ISBN13	9783718654390 (What's this?)	Volumes	001
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd	Weight (grammes)	612
Imprint	Routledge	Published in	London
Format	Hardback	Series editor	Freedman, John, Freedman, John
Publication date	15 Jan 1995	Series ISSN	1068-816
Non-book description	xviii, 170 p. :	Series title	Russian Theatre Archive
Translator	Boris M. Meerovich	Height (mm)	250
Library of Congress	HV8861.K89	Width (mm)	184
DEWEY	792.0220947	Academic level	Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly
DEWEY edition	DC20

	Introduction to the Series
	List of Plates
	Preface
1	From monastery to concentration camp	1
2	The Solovetsky Special Purpose Camp - SLON	13
3	The special purpose press: The Solovetsky Islands and The New Solovki	23
4	Profiles and masques	33
5	The Theatre of the 1st Department	47
6	The smaller theatres - 'Trash' and the group of 'Our Own'	61
7	The end of the early Solovki	77
8	At the crossroads	87
9	The theatre at Kem	95
10	The 'court' and 'vulgar' theatres of the White Sea-Baltic Canal	103
11	Camp theatres and the Central Theatre of the White Sea-Baltic Canal	117
12	The theatre of the late Solovki	131
	References	147
	Abbreviations	159
	Index	161

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