Sergei Radlov: The Shakespearian Fate of a Soviet Director

First Published in 1996. Professor Zolotnitsky provides a picture of the life and work of Sergei Radlov - one of the most outstanding interpreters of Shakespeare on the Soviet stage in the 1930s. Sergei Radlov started as one of the left-wing directors among the disciples and companions of Vsevolod Meyerhold in post-revolutionary Russia. He directed Jack London, Ernst Toller, Evgeni Zamyatin and updated Aristophanes. In the latter he did "e;modern"e; operas, such as "e;The Love for Three Oranges"e; by Sergei Prokofiev and "e;Der ferne Klang"e; by Franz Schrecker.