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1 online resource (1 audio file (11hr., 59 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
| Series |
Dedalus Europe.
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| Access |
Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Cast |
Read by Al Bernstein. |
| Summary |
Seventeenth century Russia, New Jerusalem Monastery. The recently deposed Patriarch Nikon, whose reforms lead to a schism in the Orthodox church, employs a French dramatist to stage the New Testament and hasten the Second Coming of Christ. Jacques de Sertan's troupe consists of untrained and illiterate peasants. The actors are divided into roles, whole families play different social or ethnic groups that lived in Jerusalem around the time of Christ. No one, however, is allowed to play the Messiah. The preparations take years and are interrupted when consequences of the schism catch up to Nikon. Everyone is arrested and forced into exile. Despite all the hardship, the rehearsals continue for years even after the deaths of the original actors with children inheriting their parents' roles... "The Rehearsals" is a stunning reflection on Russian history of ideas, national identity, art, literature and religion. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Voskresenskiĭ Novogo Ierusalima monastyrʹ -- Fiction.
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Monasteries -- Russia (Federation) -- Moscow -- Fiction.
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Moscow (Russia) -- History -- 17th century -- Fiction.
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Russian fiction -- Translations into English.
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| Added Author |
Ready, Oliver, 1976- translator.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781989558140 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1989558143 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT13621451 |
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