First Published in 1996. The Russian Theatre Archive makes available in English the best avant-garde plays from the pre-Revolutionary period to the present day. It features monographs on major playwrights and theatre directors, introductions to previously unknown works, and studies of the main artistic groups and periods. Plays are presented in performing edition translations, including (where appropriate) musical scores, and instructions for music and dance. Whenever possible the translated texts will be accompanied by videotapes of performances of plays in the original language.
The arrival of Aleksandr Vampilov's "Farewell in June" (1964) marked the debut of one of the most promising young playwrights to appear in Soviet Russia during the post-war years. This text is a collection of his major plays.
