Russkii Teatr Nachala XX Veka [Russian Theater in the Early Twentieth Century]

Prague: Izdatel'stvo "Plamia", 1925. Softcover. First edition; 5 x 7; pp. 444; illustrated orange wraps; text block split (no missing pages); wraps with small nicks along edges; long gift inscription to first blank page; spine cover curled and creased, but present; good condition.Evgenii Znosko-Borovskii (1884 – 1954) was a Russian chess master, teacher, author, as well as music and drama critic. He escaped Russia after the Revolution and settled in France where he worked until his death.Though largely known for his books on chess, his current extensive history of the Russian theatre at the beginning of the twentieth century was a masterpiece in its own right and it covered chapters on the pre-1900 Russian theatre, the theatre and the Revolution, the Moscow Art Theatre, etc.