Meyerhold's “D. E.”
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8918600 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Llewellyn H Hedgbeth (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1975 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 23-36 |
| 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 | 10.2307/1144943 |
| OpenAlex | W2797308672 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
D.E. was a political review in three acts and fifteen episodes directed by Vsevolod Meyerhold and first produced in Leningrad on June 15, 1924, for delegates to the Fifth Congress of Comintern. It re-opened on July 3, 1924, in Moscow at the Meyerhold Theatre. Based primarily on Ilya Ehrenburg's novel, Trust D.E., it also drew heavily on Bernard Kellermann's The Tunnels and touched upon novels by Pierre Hamp and Upton Sinclair. A 1927 program offers a synopsis of the play, as well as the order of the episodes. Two world powers, the falling bourgeoisie and the rising proletariat, are juxtaposed in short theatrical sketches. Three American millionaires—Jubs, Twist, and Hardayle, who are in search of new markets—accept a proposal by Jens Boot, an international adventurer, to form “D.E.,” an organization whose aim is to destroy Europe, without boycotting American products or disseminating Socialistic ideas. Their ultimate goal is to claim Europe as an American colony
Adventure · Art history · Bourgeoisie · Economic history · Gloom · Media studies · Physics · Political science · Politics · Proletariat · Sociology · Cultural Studies and Interdisciplinary Research · History · Law · Theatre and Performance Studies
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,07 |
| Citation span | 1996 - 1996 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |