Russian Theatre, or Complete Collection of All Russian Theatrical Works: History and Key Facts

Russian Theatre or Complete Collection of All Russian Theatrical Works («Российский Ѳеатръ» или «Полное собраніе всѣхъ Россійскихъ Ѳеатральныхъ сочиненій») was a publication of the Imperial Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg from 1786 to 1794.

Russian Theatre was published in Saint Petersburg, the capital of the Russian Empire, and a total of 43 parts appeared.

The publication was conceived by Princess Yekaterina Romanovna Dashkova, director of the Imperial Academy of Sciences and chair of the Russian Academy, to collect both previously published and manuscript Russian plays in a single corpus.

The aim of the project was to compile a complete repertoire of plays in the Russian language—both those already printed and previously unpublished, whether original, adapted, or simply translated. The publication is organized systematically: first come tragedies, followed by dramas, comedies, and comic operas.

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