Russian Theatrical Broadcasts -- Online and Free

[Benjamin Sher]

Dear friends:

Some astonishingly good news for aficionados of Russian
theater: A new channel is about to start broadcasting full-
length Russian plays from Russia's leading theaters and
directors. It's all free and online and it's in broadband and is
available on both Windows and Mac.

Here is the full info. Be sure to click on the Test Broadcast
link to test your video connection. If you don't have
RealPlayer, download the latest FREE version from
http://www.real.com.

Here is the URL:
http://cultu.ru/english/

If you forget, you can always find it on my Russian Index
under Multimedia at:

http://www.websher.net/inx/icdefault1.htm

The first play on tap is Chekhov's Ivanov on Apr 27, the
second Chekhov's Three Sisters on May 4.

Each play will be played and replayed on their website
during a 24 hour period after the performance.

NOTE: If you wish to record the plays FOR PRIVATE or
PERSONAL USE only, you can search for "record TV" or
"record video" in Google. Unfortunately, since these are
commercial programs, ethical considerations do not allow
me to be more specific than that. What I can say, however,
is that these commercial recording programs work very well
and are easy to run.

You can also try to download Winamp and the Winamp
video plugin. Do a search for it on Google. Winamp is free.
I've tried using it but have not succeeded so far.

Benjamin





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