Mayakovsky: Plays (european Drama Classics)
by Vladimir Mayakovsky /
1995 / English / PDF
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One of Russia's greatest poets, Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893-1930)
was a Futurist, early Bolshevik, and champion of the avant-garde.
Despite his revolutionary youth, he became increasingly
disillusioned with Soviet society, and three of his plays--all
banned until after Stalin's death--reflect his changing
assessments of the Revolution.
One of Russia's greatest poets, Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893-1930)
was a Futurist, early Bolshevik, and champion of the avant-garde.
Despite his revolutionary youth, he became increasingly
disillusioned with Soviet society, and three of his plays--all
banned until after Stalin's death--reflect his changing
assessments of the Revolution.Mayakovsky: Plays
Mayakovsky: Plays includes
includesMystery Bouffe,
Mystery Bouffe, a mock
medieval mystery written in 1918 to celebrate the first
anniversary of the Revolution;
a mock
medieval mystery written in 1918 to celebrate the first
anniversary of the Revolution;The Bathhouse,
The Bathhouse, a sharp
attack on Soviet bureaucracy subtitled "a drama of circus and
fireworks"; and
a sharp
attack on Soviet bureaucracy subtitled "a drama of circus and
fireworks"; andThe Bedbug,
The Bedbug, in which a worker with
bourgeois pretensions is frozen and resurrected fifty years
later, when the world has become a material paradise. The
collection also includes Mayakovsky's more personal first play,
in which a worker with
bourgeois pretensions is frozen and resurrected fifty years
later, when the world has become a material paradise. The
collection also includes Mayakovsky's more personal first play,Vladimir Mayakovsky: A Tragedy.
Vladimir Mayakovsky: A Tragedy.
