V.E. Meierkhold: Pikovaia dama : zamysel, voploshchenie, sudba : dokumenty i materialy (Russian Edition)

This book is about Meirkhol'd's remarkable production of Chaikovskii's Queen of Spades in the Leningrad Malyi Opera Theater, which premiered on January 25, 1935. After two years the production was banned, and soon the author was arrested. The book includes all documents available in the archives of Moscow and St. Petersburg on the history of this production including reviews and memoirs. Includes abstract and contents in English, commentaries and name index.