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Russian and Soviet Theatre author-karen-mccready his subject matter became trulyIn the interval between the Russian revolutions of 1905 and 1917 the Russian theatre of the future was already an obsessive preoccupation for writers, directors and designers. Lenin proclaimed that theatre had to be greater than a spectacle, and directors, designers, playwrights and artists rose to the challenge, creating an aesthetic revolution which is still inspiring todays dramatists. Russian and Soviet Theatre documents the extraordinary