“But is this Life – When in Chains?”: "Concerto of Vysotsky at the Research Institute" in the Context of Soviet Reality

• Main Authors: Vera K. Krylova, Alena I. Arkhipova
• Format: Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: Academic Publishing House Researcher 2015-03-01
• Series: Evropejskij Issledovatelʹ
• Subjects: Vladimir Vysotsky; performance; but is this life - when in chains; M. Rosovsky; political propaganda; comedy; Soviet ideology; transformation of public consciousness; Russian theatre in Yakutia; theatre and society; political culture; Research Institute; partcom
• Online Access: http://www.erjournal.ru/journals_n/1427563803.pdf
• ISSN: 2219-8229; 2224-0136

The article touched the public problems associated with the conflict of the creative personality with society and authorities, on the basis of analysis of the performance of "Concerto of Vysotsky at the Research Institute". The conflict is not new as well as not new a means of combating the protests and the free seeking personality, that goes against the tide of public opinion. At the same time, we are talking about the lost ideals, about losing faith, about disappointment and many other things called life. Russian Drama Theatre in Yakutia by this staging witnessed not only about saving on stage a living connection of times and, consequently, in the minds of the people, but also shows the constantly changing social and scenic processes.