Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich (Russian: Царь Фёдор Иоаннович, old orthography: Царь Ѳедоръ Іоанновичъ) is a 1868 historical drama by Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy.[1] It is the second part of a trilogy that begins with The Death of Ivan the Terrible and concludes with Tsar Boris.[2] All three plays were banned by the censor.[3] Tsar Fyodor is written in blank verse and was influenced by the work of William Shakespeare, Casimir Delavigne, and Edward Bulwer-Lytton.[4] It dramatises the story of Feodor I of Russia, whom the play portrays as a good man who is a weak, ineffectual ruler.[5] The trilogy formed the core of Tolstoy's reputation as a writer in the Russia of his day and as a dramatist to this day.[1] It has been considered Tolstoy's masterpiece.[5]
Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich was first performed in an amateur production in Saint Petersburg in 1890.[6] It received its first professional production at Suvorin's theatre in Saint Petersburg on 12 October 1898, directed by P. P. Gnedich.[7] Two days later on 14 October, the play was performed as the inaugural production of the world-famous Moscow Art Theatre, directed by Constantin Stanislavski, with Ivan Moskvin in the lead role and Vsevolod Meyerhold as Prince Vasiliy Shuisky.[8] Since then the play has been revived frequently.[3] Incidental music was written for the play by Alexander Ilyinsky.
References
- ^ a b Banham (1998, 1115) and Moser (1992, 270).
- ^ Moser (1992, 270).
- ^ a b Hartnoll (1983, 831).
- ^ Eriksen, MacLeod, and Wisneski (1960, 832) and Worrall (1996, 86, 88).
- ^ a b Eriksen, MacLeod, and Wisneski (1960, 832).
- ^ Worrall (1996, 86).
- ^ Hartnoll (1983, 831) and Worrall (1996, 40, 86, 88).
- ^ Banham (1998, 1115), Benedetti (1999, 386), Braun (1995, 11), Hartnoll (1983, 831) y Worrall (1996, 85-102).
Fuentes
- Banham, Martín, ed. 1998. La guía de teatro de Cambridge. Cambridge: Cambridge UP. ISBN 0521434378 .
- Benedetti, Jean. 1999. Stanislavski: su vida y arte . Edición revisada. Edición original publicada en 1988. Londres: Methuen. ISBN 0413525201 .
- Braun, Eduardo. 1995. Meyerhold: una revolución en el teatro. Rev. 2ª ed. Londres: Methuen. ISBN 0413727300 .
- Eriksen, Gordon, Garrard MacLeod y Martin Wisneski, ed. 1960. Encyclopædia Britannica, 15ª edición. Volumen 11.
- Hartnoll, Phyllis, ed. 1983. El compañero de teatro de Oxford . 4ª edición. Oxford: Oxford UP. ISBN 0192115464 .
- Moser, Charles A., ed. 1992. La historia de Cambridge de la literatura rusa. Ed. Rev. Cambridge: Cambridge UP. ISBN 0521425670 .
- Tolstoi, Aleksey Konstantinovich . 1922. Zar Fiodor Ioannovich: una obra de teatro en cinco actos. Trans. Jenny Covan. Serie de obras rusas del Teatro de Arte de Moscú ser. Ed. Oliver M. Sayler. Nueva York: Brentanos. Disponible en linea.
- Worrall, Nick. 1996. Teatro de Arte de Moscú. Estudios de Producción Teatral ser. Londres y Nueva York: Routledge. ISBN 0415055989 .
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