Theater, drama, opera

Drama as a literary genre is best identified through literary bibliographies among which

Kandel', B.L. OTECHESTVENNYE UKAZATELI BIBLIOGRAFICHESKIKH POSOBII. Leningrad, SS, 1983. 2nd revised edn., 1989:

bibliography of bibliographies will be the primary source. The bibliographies listed below focus on the theater as on a cultural and artistic institution.

General bibliographies

Berezkin, V.I. SOVETSKAIA LITERATURA PO STSENOGRAFII (1917-1983). SOVIET LITERATURE ON SCENOGRAPHY. KATALOG. Moscow, VIO Gosizopropaganda, 1983.

Levina, L.R. GOSUDARSTVENNAIA TSENTRAL'NAIA TEATRAL'NAIA BIBLIOTEKA. ANNOTROVANNYI UKAZATEL' RABOT. 1958-1982. Moscow, 1982.

"Bibliografiia, teatral'naia" in TEATRAL'NAIA ENTSIKLOPEDIIA. DOPOLNENIIA, UKAZATEL'. Moscow, Sovetskaia entsiklopediia, 1967:27-57.

Zernitskaia, E.I., ed. SOVETSKII TEATR DLIA DETEI, 1918-1972. UKAZATEL' LITERATURY. Moscow, [MBP], 1978. 3 vols.

Vishnevskii, V.E. TEATRAL'NAIA PERIODIKA. BIBLIOGRAFICHESKII UKAZATEL':: Chast' 1. 1774-1917;
Chast' 2. 1917-1940. Moscow-Leningrad, Iskusstvo, 1941.

Dana, H.W.L. HANDBOOK ON SOVIET DRAMA: LISTS OF THEATRES, PLAYS, OPERAS, FILMS AND BOOKS AND ARTICLES ABOUT THEM. New York, The American Russian Institute for Cultural Relations with the Soviet Union, Inc. 1938.

Ettinger, A., Gladstone, J.M. RUSSIAN LITERATURE, THEATRE, AND ART. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS IN ENGLISH, PUBLISHED 1900-1945. Port Washington, N.Y., Kennikat Press, 1971.

Law, A.H., Goslett, P.C. SOVIET PLAYS IN TRANSLATION. AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY. New York, CASTA, 1981.

Current bibliographies

EZHEGODNIK P'ES. Moscow, [Gos. tsentral'naia teatral'naia biblioteka], 1975-.

EZHEGODNIK DRAMATICHESKIKH PROIZVEDENII 1986-. Moscow, Gos. tsentral'naia teatral'naia biblioteka, 1988.

BIBLIOGRAFICHESKAIA INFORMATSIIA. TEATR. Moscow, Informatsionnyi tsentr po problemam kul'tury i iskusstva, 1973-
This series changed in 1983 to
ZRELISHCHNYE ISKUSSTVA. BIBLIOGRAFICHESKAIA INFORMATSIIA which incorporated "Tanets," "TSirk," and "Estrada." These subjects were published within MUZYKA and TEATR during 1975-1982, 12 times per year. Latest
ZRELISCHNYE ISKUSSTVA. REFERATIVNO-BIBLIOGRAFICHESKAIA INFORMATSIIA. Moscow, NIO Informkul'tura, 1997-?

ZRELISCHNYE ISKUSSTVA. REFEREATIVNO-BIBLIOGRAFICHESKAIA INFORMATSIIA. MUZYKAL'NYI TEATR. (1992-1997 gg.) Moscow, INO Informkul'tura, 1997 as Vyp. 4-5 of the above title.

Bibliography of bibliographies

Petrovskaia, I.F. TEATR I MUZYKA V ROSSII XIX-NACHALA XX VEKA. OBZOR BIBLIOGRAFICHESKIKH I SPRAVOCHNYKH MATERIALOV. UCHEBNOE POSOBIE. Leningrad, Institut teatra, muzyki i kinematografii, 1984.

Voksanian, E.A, et al. TEATR, ANNOTIROVANNYI UKAZATEL' SPRAVOCHNYKH I BIBLIOGRAFICHESKIKH IZDANII NA RUSSKOM I INNOSTRANNYKH IAZYKAKH, XIX-XX VV. Moscow, [MBP], 1983.

Levina, L.R., et al. RUSSKII SOVETSKII DRAMATICHESKII TEATR. ANNOTIROVANNYI UKAZATEL' BIBLIOGRAFICHESKIKH I SPRAVOCHNYKH MATERIALOV. 1917-1973. Moscow, [Gos. tsentral'naia teatral'naia biblioteka], 1977-1978. 3 vols.

Serials

Vishnevskii, V.E. TEATRAL'NAIA PERIODIKA, 1774-[1940]. Moscow, Iskusstvo, 1941.

Histories of theater

Petrova, V.F. MATERIALY K ISTORII TEATRAL'NOI KUL'TURY ROSSII XVIII-XX VV. ANNOTIROVANNYI KATALOG. Leningrad, [SS]. Vyp. 1: OBSHCHIE VOPROSY ISTORII I TEORII TEATRA. TEATR DOREVOLIUTSIONNOI ROSSII. SOVETSKII TEATR, 1980; Vyp. 2: P'ESY, LIBRETTO, NOTNYE MATERIALY, kniga I. MATERIALY XVII V. - 1917 G., 1984; Vyp. 3, kniga 1-2: PERSONALIA, 1992.

ISTORIIA SOVETSKOGO DRAMATICHESKOGO TEATRA. A. Anastas'ev, et al., eds. Moscow, Nauka, 1966-1971. 6 vols.

Petrovskaia, I.F. MATERIALY K ISTORII RUSSKOGO TEATRA V GOSUDARSTVENNYKH ARKHIVAKH SSSR. OBZOR DOKUMENTOV. XVII V.-1917 G. Moscow, 1966.

Kaneva, E., Strutinskaia, E. GOSUDARSTVENNYI ORDENA LENINA I ORDENA OKTIABR'SKOI REVOLIUTSII AKADEMICHESKII MALYI TEATR SSSR, 1824-1917. Tom II. 1917-1974. Moscow, Vserossiiskoe teatral'noe obshchestvo, 1978-1983 (Contains repertoires, names of administrators and artists, etc.).

GOSUDARSTVENNYI AKADEMICHESKII TEATR IMENI EVG. VAKHTANGOVA. PIAT'DESIAT SEZONOV, 1921-1971. Moscow, Iskusstvo, 1971.

Encyclopedias

TEATRAL'NAIA ENTSIKLOPEDIIA. Moscow, Sovetskaia entsiklopediia, 1961-1967. 5 vols.
and DOPOLNENIIA. UKAZATELI. 1967.

RUSSKII BALET. ENTSIKLOPEDIIA. Moscow, Bol'shaia Rossiiskaia entsiklopediia, 1994.

BALET. ENTSIKLOPEDIIA. Moscow, Sovetskaia entsiklopediia, 1981.

Directories, repertoirs

SOVETSKII TEATR. DOKUMENTY I MATERIALY. RUSSKII SOVETSKII TEATR:

1917-1921. Leningrad, Isskustvo, 1968;
1921-1926. Leningrad, Iskusstvo, 1975;
1927-1932. Leningrad, Iskusstvo, 1982.
Contains directory of theatres and related educational institutions, repertoires, list of relevant periodicals.

For repertoirs see also histories of individual theatres above.