Lot n° 81
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Nikolai EVREINOV (1879-1953) - Lot 81
Nikolai EVREINOV (1879-1953)
Pro Scena Sua (Harlequin-style comedy).
St. Petersburg: Prometei, 1915. In-8, 181 pages, cover illustrated by Sergei Sudeikin. Clean copy, bound in skai during the Soviet era, with both original covers preserved.
Background and significance:
Nikolai Evreinov, Russian playwright, theorist and theater historian, was also the founder of the False Mirror Theater in St. Petersburg. From 1910 onwards, he directed over a hundred plays, fourteen of which he wrote himself, including Pro Scena Sua. In 1920, he emigrated to Paris, where his works were produced by Jacques Copeau and Charles Dullin, thus integrating the French theatrical scene.
Bibliography :
- The Russian avant-garde book, 1910-1934, exhibition catalog, New York, Museum of Modern Art, 2002, no. 111.
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