Download or read book Petrushka written by Andrew Wachtel and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 1998-05-13 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this groundbreaking book, four distinguished scholars offer a detailed exploration of the ballet Petrushka, which premiered in Paris in 1911 and became one of the most important and influential theatrical works of the modernist period. The first book to study every level of a complex theatrical production, this is a work unlike any other in Russian or theater studies. "The book is a joy to read." --Slavic Review