INTRODUCTION

Chapters in this book

1. I-VI I
2. CONTENTS VII
3. INTRODUCTION XI
4. PART ONE: RITUAL DRAMA
5. CHAPTER I: RITUAL DRAMA IN THE LIFE OF THE PEASANT COMMUNITY 1
6. CHAPTER II: RITUAL DRAMA IN THE LIFE OF THE INDIVIDUAL 39
7. PART TWO: THE PUPPET THEATRE
8. CHAPTER III: THE VERTEP 83
9. CHAPTER IV: PETRUŠKA 109
10. PART THREE: NONRITUAL DRAMA
11. CHAPTER V: THE SHIP 127
12. CHAPTER VI: THE BARIN, HOW THE FRENCH TOOK MOSCOW AND OTHER SHORT PLAYS 143
13. CHAPTER VII: CAR’ MAKSIMILIAN 155
14. CHAPTER VIII: “CAR’ MAKSIMILIAN” AND THE “ST. GEORGE” PLAYS OF ENGLAND 177
15. PART FOUR: THE FOLK ACTOR AND HIS ART
16. CHAPTER IX: THE FOLK ACTOR 187
17. CHAPTER Χ: COSTUME IN THE FOLK PLAYS 197
18. CHAPTER XI: THE ARTISTIC METHODS OF THE FOLK ACTORS 211
19. CHAPTER XII: THE FOLK ACTOR AND HIS AUDIENCE 223
20. CHAPTER XIII: COMEDY IN THE FOLK THEATRE 229
21. BIBLIOGRAPHY 239
22. LIST OF TEXTS OF ‘CAR’ MAKSIMILIAN’ 251
23. INDEX 253