Theater section is gahn. The history of ideas and people. 1921-1930

At the beginning of the 20th century, the theater underwent serious changes: a new profession - director was approved, a new understanding of the metaphorical space of performances came, and the science of the theater was formed in parallel. Scattered circles and associations of writing people about the theater demanded institutionalization, and in 1921, on the basis of the State Institute of Theater Science, the theater section of the Russian Academy of Artistic Sciences was organized. This book is an outline of the history of its creation, several years of hard work - and the dramatic death in the months of the "Great Breaking". How was domestic theater studies born? What key scientific discussions went in the walls of theaters, what methodological and theoretical tasks did scientists set themselves? Who and how set the directions and the structure of research on the art of the theater? The book is written according to archival materials stored in RGALI. Violetta Gudkova is a doctor of art history, a leading researcher at the Institute of Art Autonomous Office, author of many works on the history of literature and theater