“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 in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Russian
• Published: Academic Publishing House Researcher 2015
• 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; Social Sciences; H; Yakutia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.13187/er.2015.92.249; https://doaj.org/article/33408dc345ac4c359916576a69a1e426

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.