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* Hartnoll, Phyllis, ed. 1983. ''The Oxford Companion to the Theatre''. 4th ed. Oxford: Oxford UP. ISBN 0192115464. |
* Hartnoll, Phyllis, ed. 1983. ''The Oxford Companion to the Theatre''. 4th ed. Oxford: Oxford UP. ISBN 0192115464. |
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* Moser, Charles A., ed. 1992. ''The Cambridge History of Russian Literature.'' Rev. ed. Cambridge: Cambridge UP. ISBN 0521425670. |
* Moser, Charles A., ed. 1992. ''The Cambridge History of Russian Literature.'' Rev. ed. Cambridge: Cambridge UP. ISBN 0521425670. |
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* [[Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy|Tolstoy, Aleksey Konstantinovich]]. 1922. ''Tsar Fyodor Ivanovitch: A Play in Five Acts.'' Trans. Jenny Covan. The Moscow Art Theatre Series of Russian Plays ser. Ed. Oliver M. Sayler. New York: Brentanos. [http://www.archive.org/details/tsarfyodorivanov00tols Available online]. |
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* Worrall, Nick. 1996. ''The Moscow Art Theatre.'' Theatre Production Studies ser. London and NY: Routledge. ISBN 0415055989. |
* Worrall, Nick. 1996. ''The Moscow Art Theatre.'' Theatre Production Studies ser. London and NY: Routledge. ISBN 0415055989. |
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* [http://www.archive.org/details/tsarfyodorivanov00tols Online English translation by Jenny Covan]. |
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| Tsar Fiodor Ioannovich | |
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 Forensic facial reconstruction of tsar Feodor Ioannovich, by M. Gerasimov (1963). | |
| Written by | Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy |
| Date premiered | 12 October 1898 |
| Place premiered | Suvorin's theatre, Saint Petersburg |
| Original language | Russian |
| Genre | Historical drama |
Tsar Fiodor Ioannovich (Russian: Царь Фёдор Иоаннович) is a 1868 historical drama by Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy.[1] It is the second part of a trilogy that begins with The Death of Ivan the Terrible and concludes with Tsar Boris.[2] All three plays were banned by the censor.[3] Tsar Fiodor is written in blank verse and was influenced by the work of William Shakespeare, Casimir Delavigne, and Edward Bulwer-Lytton.[4] It dramatises the story of Feodor I of Russia, whom the play portrays as a good man who is a weak, ineffectual ruler.[5] The trilogy formed the core of Tolstoy's reputation as a writer in the Russia of his day and as a dramatist to this day.[1] It has been considered Tolstoy's masterpiece.[5]
Tsar Fiodor was first performed in an amateur production in Saint Petersburg in 1890.[6] It received its first professional production at Suvorin's theatre in Saint Petersburg on 12 October 1898, directed by P. P. Gnedich.[7] Two days later on 14 October, the play was performed as the inaugural production of the world-famous Moscow Art Theatre, directed by Constantin Stanislavski, with Ivan Moskvin in the lead role.[8] Since then the play has been revived frequently.[3]
References
- ^ a b Banham (1998, 1115) and Moser (1992, 270).
- ^ Moser (1992, 270).
- ^ a b Hartnoll (1983, 831).
- ^ Eriksen, MacLeod, and Wisneski (1960, 832) and Worrall (1996, 86, 88).
- ^ a b Eriksen, MacLeod, and Wisneski (1960, 832).
- ^ Worrall (1996, 86).
- ^ Hartnoll (1983, 831) and Worrall (1996, 40, 86, 88).
- ^ Banham (1998, 1115), Benedetti (1999, 386), Hartnoll (1983, 831), and Worrall (1996, 85-102).
Sources
- Banham, Martin, ed. 1998. The Cambridge Guide to Theatre. Cambridge: Cambridge UP. ISBN 0521434378.
- Benedetti, Jean. 1999. Stanislavski: His Life and Art. Revised edition. Original edition published in 1988. London: Methuen. ISBN 0413525201.
- Eriksen, Gordon, Garrard MacLeod, and Martin Wisneski, ed. 1960. Encyclopedia Britannica 15th Edition. Volume 11.
- Hartnoll, Phyllis, ed. 1983. The Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 4th ed. Oxford: Oxford UP. ISBN 0192115464.
- Moser, Charles A., ed. 1992. The Cambridge History of Russian Literature. Rev. ed. Cambridge: Cambridge UP. ISBN 0521425670.
- Tolstoy, Aleksey Konstantinovich. 1922. Tsar Fyodor Ivanovitch: A Play in Five Acts. Trans. Jenny Covan. The Moscow Art Theatre Series of Russian Plays ser. Ed. Oliver M. Sayler. New York: Brentanos. Available online.
- Worrall, Nick. 1996. The Moscow Art Theatre. Theatre Production Studies ser. London and NY: Routledge. ISBN 0415055989.