Nudity in Performance—Boon or Bane?

Nudity in Performance—Boon or Bane?

Ajay Joshi* Abstract: There was a lone chair against the backdrop of a blank wall. A young man sat on it. We, the audience, sat around in a semicircle facing him. He was smiling at people, making small talk. This

Shakespeare Against War and Tyranny: A Georgian Example

Shakespeare Against War and Tyranny: A Georgian Example

Natalia Tvaltchrelidze* Abstract: The paper is about the history of productions of Shakespeare’s plays in Georgia. It discusses how Shakespearean plays were staged to fight against the Russian Empire and, later, the Soviet rule. In particular, it elaborates on how the

La crise de l’humain chez Joël Pommerat

La crise de l’humain chez Joël Pommerat

Kalliopi Exarchou* Résumé: Dans le contexte de la crise de l’humain aujourd’hui, Pommerat ose s’aventurer sur le terrain de la solitude et de la souffrance. Il interroge la vie, mais il le fait, en la montrant, sans parler de bien

Let Sleeping Molière Lie

Let Sleeping Molière Lie

Emiliia Dementsova* It is impossible to put it in writing, but to record the horror of the thing here is a black cross mark. The Cabal of Hypocrites, Mikhail Bulgakov Abstract: “Dreams of M. de Molière,” with its treacherous, conformist