Author: John Freedman

An anthology of ten plays embodying the Russian literary movement that began in the late twentieth century. The plays selected for this anthology reflect the issues and styles typical of the new …

The reviews and features collected in John Freedman’s Moscow Performances bring to life the diversity, energy, and imagination of Russian theater as few books have done before. While focusing on the …

This is a collection of John Freedman’s reviews and articles, most originally written for the Moscow Times, in which he focuses his expert critical eye on the directors, writers and actors who held c …

First Published in 1995. Russian Theatre Archive- Volume 1. Newly translated by John Freedman, Erdmans’s first biographer, Nikola Erdman’s two classic tragicomedies, ‘The Warrant’ and ‘The Suicide’, …

First Published in 1995. Russian Theatre Archive- Volume 1. Newly translated by John Freedman, Erdmans’s first biographer, Nikola Erdman’s two classic tragicomedies, ‘The Warrant’ and ‘The Suicide’, …

First Published in 2000. The Simpleton, which was written in 1968 and could not be performed for political reasons, saw the light of day only in 1994. Its complex games of power and identity, played …

First Published in 2000. The Simpleton, which was written in 1968 and could not be performed for political reasons, saw the light of day only in 1994. Its complex games of power and identity, played …

This is a collection of John Freedman’s reviews and articles, most originally written for the Moscow Times, in which he focuses his expert critical eye on the directors, writers and actors who held c …

This is a collection of John Freedman’s reviews and articles, most originally written for the Moscow Times, in which he focuses his expert critical eye on the directors, writers and actors who held c …

Olga Mukhina is one of the most talented, young playwrights in Russia. Born in Moscow in 1970, she has already garnered enviable praise from critics and audiences throughout Russia and Europe since h …

Olga Mukhina is one of the most talented, young playwrights in Russia. Born in Moscow in 1970, she has already garnered enviable praise from critics and audiences throughout Russia and Europe since h …

The reviews and features collected in John Freedman’s Moscow Performances bring to life the diversity, energy, and imagination of Russian theater as few books have done before. While focusing on the …

The reviews and features collected in John Freedman’s Moscow Performances bring to life the diversity, energy, and imagination of Russian theater as few books have done before. While focusing on the …

First Published in 1995. A Meeting About Laughter is a collection of sketches, interludes and theatrical parodies by Nikolai Erdman, Vladimir Mass and others. Translated from the Russian Theatre Arch …

First Published in 1995. A Meeting About Laughter is a collection of sketches, interludes and theatrical parodies by Nikolai Erdman, Vladimir Mass and others. Translated from the Russian Theatre Arch …