The Theatre

Title

The Theatre

Subject

Eugene Onegin: "Reading Fashion"

Description

A stylish activity of the Russian elite, the theatre was a mainstay in Russian tradition and culture.

Creator

Elizabeth LaFave

Source

Text: Alexander Pushkin; Eugene Onegin 
Image: «Зефир и Флора», Авдотья Истомина

Publisher

Text: Oxford's World Classics
Image: http://www.stranamam.ru/post/6367402/

Text

«Театр уж полон; ложи блещут;

Партер и кресла, всё кипит;

В райке нетерпеливо плещут,

И, взвившись, занавес шумит.

Блистательна, полувоздушна,

Смычку волшебному послушна,

Толпою нимф окружена,

Стоит Истомина; она,

Одной ногой касаясь пола,

Другою медленно кружит,

И вдруг прыжок, и вдруг летит,

Летит, как пух от уст Эола;

То стан совьёт, то разовьёт,

И быстрой ножкой ножку бьёт» (1, XX, 13).



“The theatre’s full, the boxes glitter;

The restless gallery claps and roars;

The stalls and pit are all ajitter;

The curtain restless as it soars.

And there…ethereal…resplendent,

Poised to the magic box attendant,

A throng of nymphs her guardian band,

Istomina takes up her stand.

One foot upon the ground she places

And then the other slowly twirls,

And now she leaps!

And now she whirls!

Like down from Eol’s lips she races;

Then spins and twists and stops to beat

Her rapid, dazzling, dancing feet” (Chapter 1, Stanza 20, Page 13).

 

 

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Date Added
September 25, 2017
Collection
"Reading" Fashion in A. Pushkin's Eugene Onegin: Word as Image in 1820s Imperial Russia
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Citation
Elizabeth LaFave, “The Theatre,” Collections @ ECU, accessed March 28, 2024, http://collections.ecu.edu/items/show/617.