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This study is a feminist counterpoint to the established area of Russian theatre populated by male artists such as Stanislavsky, Chekhov and Meyerhold. With access to newly-opened files in Russia, Catherine Schuler brings to light the actresses who impacted upon Russian modernist theatre. Schuler focuses upon the lives and work of eight Russian actresses who flourished on the stage between the late 18th and early 19th century.

This study is a feminist counterpoint to the established area of Russian theatre populated by male artists such as Stanislavsky, Chekhov and Meyerhold. With access to newly-opened files in Russia, Catherine Schuler brings to light the actresses who impacted upon Russian modernist theatre. Schuler focuses upon the lives and work of eight Russian actresses who flourished on the stage between the late 18th and early 19th century.

The interdisciplinary essays in Showing Off, Showing Up examine acts of showing, a particular species of performance that relies on competition and judgment, active spectatorship, embodied excess, and exposure of core values and hidden truths. Acts of showing highlight those dimensions of performance that can most manipulate spectators and consumers, often through over-the-top heightening and skewing of presentation. Many forms of showing and of heightened performance, however, operate more enigmatically and covertly while still profoundly affecting the social world, even if our...