The Russian Folk Theatre

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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART ONE: RITUAL DRAMA -- CHAPTER I: RITUAL DRAMA IN THE LIFE OF THE PEASANT COMMUNITY -- CHAPTER II: RITUAL DRAMA IN THE LIFE OF THE INDIVIDUAL -- PART TWO: THE PUPPET THEATRE -- CHAPTER III: THE VERTEP -- CHAPTER IV: PETRUKA -- PART THREE: NONRITUAL DRAMA -- CHAPTER V: THE SHIP -- CHAPTER VI: THE BARIN, HOW THE FRENCH TOOK MOSCOW AND OTHER SHORT PLAYS -- CHAPTER VII: CAR' MAKSIMILIAN -- CHAPTER VIII: CAR' MAKSIMILIAN AND THE ST. GEORGE PLAYS OF ENGLAND -- PART FOUR: THE FOLK ACTOR AND HIS ART -- CHAPTER IX: THE FOLK ACTOR -- CHAPTER : COSTUME IN THE FOLK PLAYS -- CHAPTER XI: THE ARTISTIC METHODS OF THE FOLK ACTORS -- CHAPTER XII: THE FOLK ACTOR AND HIS AUDIENCE -- CHAPTER XIII: COMEDY IN THE FOLK THEATRE -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- LIST OF TEXTS OF 'CAR' MAKSIMILIAN' -- INDEX