Pierrot in Petrograd

Douglas Clayton examines the tradition of commedia dell''arte as the Russian modernists inherited it, from its origins in Italian street theatre through its various transformations: in Italy (Gozzi and Goldini''s plays); in France (the development of Pierrot and the restructuring of the plot); and in Germany (Tieck''s and Hoffmann''s metatheatre). He also analyses crucial texts by Gozzi, Lothar, B...