Abstract

Gustav Shpet's article "Theater as Art," which we here publish, gives an idea of one facet of his creativity. Shpet devoted considerable attention to the art of the theater as part of his studies of a broad range of problems of aesthetics. It should be mentioned that he himself took an active part in the life of the theater: he was a member of the Artistic Council of the Moscow Art Theater [MKhAT]; he made a stage adaptation of the text of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar for the Malyi Theater; and he translated Dumas's play "The Lady of the Camellias" for production in the Meyerhold State Theater