Sergei Radlov: The Shakespearian Fate of a Soviet Director

First Published in 1996. Professor Zolotnitsky provides a picture of the life and work of Sergei Radlov - one of the most outstanding interpreters of Shakespeare on the Soviet stage in the 1930s. Sergei Radlov started as one of the left-wing directors among the disciples and companions of Vsevolod Meyerhold in post-revolutionary Russia. He directed Jack London, Ernst Toller, Evgeni Zamyatin and updated Aristophanes. In the latter he did &quote;modern&quote; operas, such as &quote;The Love for Three Oranges&quote; by Sergei Prokofiev and &quote;Der ferne Klang&quote; by Franz Schrecker.