Theatre from Biblionne

One of 7 000 copies published. Rare. First and only edition. The 1935 Soviet tour of Mei Lanfang (1894-1961), a prominent Chinese male performer known for his portrayal of female roles, marked the first occasion when a traditional Chinese theater troupe visited Europe. This tour is considered a significant act of cultural diplomacy that helped break an impasse in foreign relations… Read more about this item

This is a pamphlet about the Russian tour of the musical 'My Fair Lady' by Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner. The show took place in Moscow, Leningrad, and Kiev in the middle of 1960. The pamphlet includes a Russian-language libretto and features photo illustrations depicting scenes and portraits of key cast members, including Lola Fisher (who served as Julie Andrews'… Read more about this item

One of 700 to 800 copies printed. Extremely rare. The collection includes playbills for operas (Eugene Onegin – 27 December 1941; Aida – 21 April 1942; La Traviata – 8 October 1942, 25 June 1943) and Swan Lake ballet (12 April 1942, 31 July 1942, 26 February 1943). They were performed by the Bolshoi Theatre during the evacuation… Read more about this item

One of 1 000 and 3 000 copies printed. Rare playbills for the Meyerhold Theatre. These playbills were prepared for the following performances: The Forest (based on A. Ostrovsky's play; premier night – 19 January 1924), The Mandate (play by Nikolai Erdman; premier night – 20 April 1925), Roar, China! (play by Sergei Tretyakov; premier night – 23 January… Read more about this item

First and only separate life-time edition of Russian all-time favourite playwright Alexander Ostrovsky (1823–1886). Rare lithographed edition (from the manuscript text) of a play Hard-earned Bread used in theatre rehearsals. The play was first performed at the Maly Theater on 28 November 1874. This edition was signed by censorship on 21 December. Very rare. We couldn't trace any copy via… Read more about this item

Text of plays are In English, afterword and commentaries are in Russian. The book includes three plays: Long Day's Journey Into Night (1941) by Eugene O'Neill, The Autumn Garden (1951) by Lillian Hellman and Orpheus Descending (1957) by Tennessee Williams. The first edition of Long Day's Journey Into Night in the USSR. Exactly for this play O'Neill was posthumously awarded… Read more about this item

One of 5 000 copies printed. Album with Chekhov's brief biography and reproductions of rare photographs. These photos published on basis of the Chekhov House-Museum and the Museum of the Moscow Art Theatre collections. One of the most interesting photo made in 1898. There is Chekhov, who was reading text of The Seagull for the artists and Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, Konstan-tin… Read more about this item