''Tsar Maximilian'' (russian: Царь Максимилиан) is a well-known and complex
Russian folk theatre
Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The perform ...
, having enjoyed wide popularity throughout
European Russia
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from the 18th to the early 20th century.
[Warner, Lisa]
The Russian Folk Play 'Tsar Maximillian': An Examination of Some Possible Origins and Sources
''Folklore'', Vol. 82, No. 3 (Autumn, 1971), pp. 185-206
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*Two different versions of the play
Russian plays
Russian folklore
History of theatre
Folk plays
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