a conversation of a bookseller and a poet: А. pluchart’s “theater almanac” within the context of the early 19th c. theater critique

Abstract

The article gives a general description of the “Theater Almanac” (1830), published by A. Pluchart, in comparison with other literary almanacs of the first third of the 19th century. Having analyzed the anonymous introductory note to the almanac, as well as A. Delvig’s critical review, the author brings forward a hypothesis that the note may have been written by A. Pluchart himself, or by R.M. Zotov, a writer of that period. The article also contains an assessment of the introductory note to the “Theater Almanac” as a source for studying the history of theater and theater critique in Russia.