“First of all, I must limit my task. My topic is Russian drama theater of the near future. I have no desire to indulge in general discussions about the theater of the distant past and distant future. Until recently, poor Russian literature is enriched with very valuable contributions to this area. True, we do not yet have a history of theater, and even the history of Russian theater has not been completed. “The History” of P. O. Morozov ends with the accession to the throne of Empress Elisaveta Petrovna, that is, in the very primitive times of Russian theater; the history of the 19th century has not been written, except for the work of Bozheryanov, which, apparently, will not be fully published. /p>