Russian Mass Spectacles
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8918503 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Frantisek Deak (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1975 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 7-22 |
| Publication date | 1975-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Drama Review TDR (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-5962 • E-ISSN: 2326-2060 |
| Publisher | The MIT Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1144942 |
| OpenAlex | W2797902128 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
One of the forms of theatre to emerge after the October, 1917, revolution in Russia was monumental open air spectacles involving thousands of performers and tens of thousands of spectators. These mass spectacles were characterized by collective authorship (script and raise en scène), military-like organization, and the participation of different segments of society: workers; soldiers of the Red Army; drama students and artists of different orientations, including those of the avant-garde. Thematically, mass spectacles were connected with the events of the Revolution and the civil war. They were not isolated performances but were a part of a more complex event, such as the celebration of the anniversary of the Revolution, May First, the Third International, or any other holiday of the Red calendar. The mass spectacles were not only conscious attempts to create a new distinctly proletarian theatre but also an attempt to establish a new social ritual by collectively reenacting and celebrating the events of the revolution
Art · Cultural revolution · Drama · Event (particle physics · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Proletariat · Sociology · Visual arts · History · Law · Theatre and Performance Studies
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,1 |
| Citation span | 1996 - 2014 (19) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |