"Ревизор" в Театре имени Мейерхольда

The proposed book occupies a special place in the cycle of similar publications, where the classic works of art historians of the 1920s. interface with their latest understanding.

The best studies published under the brand of the Institute of Art History in the publishing house "Academia", which made the glory of Russian art history, are today a rarity.

They are republished accompanied by comments and articles by current RIIII employees, giving modern scientific coverage of the issues raised by their predecessors. The idea of ​​Meyerhold’s performance is significantly expanded due to materials published for the first time from the collection of A.A. Gvozdev, stored in the Institute’s Manuscripts Cabinet.

“The Inspector General at the Meyerhold Theater” begins the theatrical series in this series of publications not by chance. The famous "Gvozdev collection", dedicated to the pinnacle phenomenon of the great theatrical era, itself is a high point of self-awareness of the science of theater.

The undiminished interest in the masterpiece that is Meyerhold's performance of 1926, and the methodological significance of this collective work, programmatic for the Leningrad theater school, make the re-release of the collection a long-overdue cultural need.