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Reconstructing Boris Godunov.(NEWS IN BRIEF)(Princeton University students working on Alexander Pushkin's drama Boris Godunov)(Brief article)

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Date: 20070401
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PRINCETON, N.J.: Princeton University scholars and students have been working to restore a version of Boris Godunov, Alexander Pushkin's 1825 historical drama, that was crafted by Russian director Vsevolod Meyerhold, with a score by Sergei Prokofiev. Because of the censorious politics of Stalinist Russia in the 1930s, Meyerhold had abandoned Godunov, though he left copious notes. On April 12-14, a version of Meyerhold's Godunov, staged by Tim Vasen, finally makes its premiere at McCarter Theatre Center's Berlind Theatre.

The Godunov project is managed by Simon Morrison, an ...

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