Nabokov's Theatrical Imagination (Hardcover)

Introduction; 1. Trying theatre: Nabokov's playwriting; 2. Theatre on trial: Nabokov's dramaturgy; 3. Thresholds and transgressions: The Man from the USSR, The Event and Invitation to a Beheading; 4. Theatre dreams: The Tragedy of Mr Morn, The Waltz Invention and Invitation to a Beheading; 5. Puppets and masks: King, Queen, Knave and Despair; 6. Shakespeare's Ghost: The Real Life of Sebastian Knight, 'That in Aleppo Once…' and Bend Sinister; Conclusion: performing identity; Bibliography; Index.