Time Commented by the Theater

Abstract

This article presents a critical review of the archive anthology Mnemosyne. Documents and Facts from the History of Russian Theatre of the 20th Century, issues 8 and 9 (Moscow, 2023, 2024) and considers thematic, structural, and conceptual features of the two volumes. The analysis of individual articles and general concepts of the anthology issues under consideration is based on the broad context of historiographical ideas, including the role of the subjective in historiography. Special attention is paid to the effect of combining the principles of empirical and structural thinking in creating a picture of the past.

Keywords

• mnemosyne
• russian theatre modernism
• archive
• historiography
• correspondence
• subjectiveness
• structure