Bücher von Laurence Senelick

?Laurence Senelick's biography of Shchepkin is well-researched and well-written. He has a good grasp of the period. This is not just the biography of an actor, but a fascinating work of social history. Senelick makes a convincing case for the imporatnce of Mikhail Shchepkin to the history of the performing arts and literature.?-Broadside

The A to Z of Russian Theater is the only reference work in English devoted exclusively to Russian theater and drama. It provides information on the popular plays and playwrights while also offering information on many persons, works, and phenomena omitted from standard encyclopedias. Through the use of a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, an appendix, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on directors, stage designers, actors, plays, playwrights, concepts, theater buildings, and troupes, this reference provides an unrivaled account of Russian theater.

This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Russian Theater covers its history through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography.

"Senelick has painstakingly pieced together the amazing story of how [the Moscow Art Theatre's production of Hamlet] came about, and combines it with a detailed, scene-by-scene reconstruction of the unfinished product.' ... He makes use of what would seem to be every possible primary source, Russian and English.... In the end, Senelick does more than reconstruct' Craig's Moscow Hamlet. He shows how, despite its central flaw, it became the standard from which to deviate. Until now the material necessary to unshroud the legend has been scattered all over Europe. Senelick has gathered it into an exemplary, illuminating study."-Theatre Journal