Russian drama on video

[Karen Vickery]

Hello Nicole, I have picked up a couple of film versions of Ostrovsky's
work from R.U.S.C.I.C.O.   Check out their website.  The films are
adaptations of the plays, one is called 'A Cruel Romance' which is a
version of 'Bespridannitsa'.  There is also 'Snegurochka'.  With Chekhov
there are lots of English versions available on film, but always I
recommend 'An Unfinished Piece for Player Piano' directed by Mikhalkov
which is an adaptation of 'Platonov'.  It truly gives students a feel
for Chekhov's finely tuned style and tone.   Good luck, and please
contact me directly if I can be of help.
Regards,  Karen

Karen Vickery
Theatre Studies Manager
National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA)
tel 61 2 96977600 / fax 61 2 9662 7415
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[mailto:SEELANGS at BAMA.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Nicole Monnier
Sent: Friday, 17 August 2007 3:40 AM
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Subject: [SEELANGS] Russian drama on video

Dear SEELANGTSY,

I'm teaching a course on Russian drama and would love to be able to show
my
students (or make available to them) as many productions of them as
possible. However, beyond "Vanya on 42nd St." (!) my university is
apparently woefully lacking in both videorecordings of stage
performances
and film adaptations.

I would be most grateful for both recommendations of specific
performances
AND sources (i.e., where I can buy, rent, beg or steal them). The
preference
is, of course, for English (alas, it is primarily an undergraduate
course),
but subtitled and/or straight up Russian versions would be welcome as
well.

And oh, the course contains the usual suspects: Fonvizin, Griboedov,
Pushkin, Gogol, Ostrovsky, and Chekhov (with some Blok, Mayakovsky, and
Kharms thrown in at the end).

Grad students taking the course will also be reading Lermontov,
Sukhovo-Kobylin, Turgenev,  Tolstoy, Gorky, Bulgakov.

Dramatically,

Nicole


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Dr. Nicole Monnier
Assistant Professor of Instruction
Director of Undergraduate Studies (Russian)
German & Russian Studies
428A GCB
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO 65211

phone: 573.882.3370

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