LATE SOVIET THEATER AS REFLECTED BY THE BULLETIN OF THE COPYRIGHT AGENCY OF THE USSR (MID-1970s — MID-1980s)

The article examines the editorial policy of the Theatrical Bulletin of the All-Union Copyright Agency (Plays from the USSR, At the Theater, Soviet Theater, 1977–1985). It focuses on the recurrent sections of the Bulletin and on VAAP playwrights’ community. These playwrights represented the USSR abroad. We traced the interaction between the late and early Soviet drama and analyzed the partnership network of the Agency, focusing on the demand for the specific plays of the ‘long seventies’.