Dramaturgical Innovations in Ukrainian Music and Drama Theatre in Early XX Century

The purpose of the article is to the study specifics of the introduction of national dramaturgical innovations in the Ukrainian music and drama theatre in the socio-cultural conditions of the Russian empire in eraly XX century. The research methodology consists in the application of historical-cultural, analytical, systematic, and art-scientific methods, which allow analysing the ideological and aesthetic content of dramaturgical activity, investigating the genre specifics of its formation in the context of nation-building. The scientific novelty of the work consists in revealing the specifics of the introduction of national dramaturgical innovations and determining their role in the process of constituting national and artistic-aesthetic features of the Ukrainian music and drama theatre during the colonisation of Ukrainian culture in early XX century. Conclusions. Thus, the dramatic activity of national outstanding artists, was aimed at popularising national culture, historical and cultural traditions of the Ukrainian nation among a wide range of multi-ethnic audiences. The introduction of dramaturgical innovations in the Ukrainian music and drama theatre under the conditions of the imperial colonisation of Ukrainian culture played an important ethno-preserving and ethno-consolidating role, had an important impact on the process of constituting national and artistic-aesthetic features of the Ukrainian music and drama theatre in the sociosphere of the time. 
Key words: Ukrainian music and drama theatre, nation-building, dramaturgical innovations, repertoire