Obrazy (z) Arkadii. Jewreinowa sceniczne wspomnienia o Rosji
Pictures from Arkadia. Evreinov’s scenic memories of Russia

Summary/Abstract: In this article, the author analyzes selected aspects of two dramas of Evreinov from the émigréperiod: What has no name and Citizens of the second category. One of the principles of constructingtheir theatrical space is, in the author’s opinion, the principle of memories, which takes place on thestage, transferring the world remembered to the universe of theater. Thus understood, the dramasbecome not only a testimony to Evreinov’s interest in the transformation of the theater but there isalso the unusual testimony of his journal, an album of photographs. Images from the past are kept inthese photos, but at the same time they are a warning against rejecting the present, because, as theauthor shows, such a world can only exist in the theater. The paintings are doubly processed: through memory and through the theater.

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