Yuly Aykhenwald in the debate about the theatre. Article one

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The article, for the first time ever, examines in detail the route of Yuly Isaevich Aykhenwald (1872–1928) as a theatre critic. A review of his publications in the journal “The Russian Thought” (“Russkaya Mysl”) about theatre performances is given; the evolution of his aesthetic views which finally led to his “negation of the theatre” (antitheatricality) is traced; the role of a critic in the pre-revolutionary discussions about the theatre is analysed; closely examined is the attitude of his contemporaries, such as the famous theatre critics (Nikolai Efros) and theatrical figures (Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, Nikolai Evreinov, Vsevolod Meyerhold, Nikolai Popov and others), to his stance in 1900–1910s.

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Elena A. Takho-Godi

Lomonosov Moscow State University; A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences

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Email: takho-godi.elena@yandex.ru

Doct. Sci. (Philol.), Professor at the Faculty of Philology of the Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leading Research Fellow at the A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Russian Federation, 1 Leninskie Gory, Moscow, 119991; 25a Povarskaya Str., Moscow, 121069

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