“To Show the Regicide on Stage”: the History of the Unrealized Presentation of the Play “Paul I” by D.S. Merezhkovsky at the State Theatres in 1917
https://doi.org/10.25281/2072-3156-2016-1-1-70-77
Abstract
The article explores the history of the failed presentation of the play “Paul I” by D.S. Merezhkovsky at the State theatres in 1917. There is ascertained that the presentation, that seemed to be ready for realization, was declined for a number of reasons, among which there were the huge costs of the premiere, the author selling the rights for the play to other theaters, as well as the “indiscretion” and “impertinence” of presenting on stage such a play depicting a regicide.
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Gordeev P.N. “To Show the Regicide on Stage”: the History of the Unrealized Presentation of the Play “Paul I” by D.S. Merezhkovsky at the State Theatres in 1917. Observatory of Culture. 2016;1(1):70-77. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.25281/2072-3156-2016-1-1-70-77
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