Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Note on Transliteration -- Selected Glossary of Terms -- Credits -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I: The Soviet Period -- 1 From Marxism-Leninism to Perestroika and Glasnost -- 2 The Historical Role and Cultural Function of Russian Theatre for Young Audiences -- 3 Thaw and Freeze -- II: Perestroika and Glasnost -- 4 The Change in Cultural Function with Glasnost and Perestroika -- 5 Central Children's Theatre -- 6 The Moscow Theatre of the Young Spectator -- III: A New Millenium -- 7 Cultural Shifts and Theatrical Innovation -- 8 Shaking the Past: The Russian Academic Youth Theatre -- 9 Provoking Assumptions: Kama Ginkas at the Mtiuz -- Afterword -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.