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From Iron Curtain to velvet curtain? Peter Brook’s Hamlet and the origins of British-Soviet cultural relations during the Cold War

Davies, Sarah

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The article assesses the significance of the Moscow tour of Peter Brook's Hamlet. It considers how far the tour succeeded in overcoming the symbolic iron curtain by examining what Hamlet meant for contemporaries on both sides of the political divide. It argues that the Hamlet tour served at once to perpetuate and undermine the divisions between East and West, confirming Iriye's observation that on one level the Cold War intensified antagonism between states, while on another it helped to foster the growth of internationalist sentiment.

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Davies, S. (2018). From Iron Curtain to velvet curtain? Peter Brook’s Hamlet and the origins of British-Soviet cultural relations during the Cold War. Contemporary European History, 27(4), 601-626. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0960777318000395

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Oct 31, 2017
Online Publication Date Jul 23, 2018
Publication Date Nov 1, 2018
Deposit Date Jan 26, 2018
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Contemporary European History
Print ISSN 0960-7773
Electronic ISSN 1469-2171
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 27
Issue 4
Pages 601-626
DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/s0960777318000395

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This article has been published in a revised form in Contemporary European History https://doi.org/10.1017/s0960777318000395. This version is free to view and download for private research and study only. Not for re-distribution, re-sale or use in derivative works. © Cambridge University Press 2018.




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