Russia's Theatrical Past: Court Entertainment in the Seventeenth Century

In the 17th century, only Moscow's elite had access to the magical, vibrant world of the theater.

In Russia's Theatrical Past, Claudia Jensen, Ingrid Maier, Stepan Shamin, and Daniel C. Waugh mine Russian and Western archival sources to document the history of these productions as they developed at the court of the Russian tsar. Using such sources as European newspapers, diplomats' reports, foreign travel accounts, witness accounts, and payment records, they also uncover unique aspects of lo...