First Princess of the Soviet Stage
“Adalmine's Pearl”, published by “Art Volkhonka” opened a new book series “Stories for the theatre”. Performance based on the fairy tale by the Finnish author Z. Topelius in A.Novikov dramatization was the first one in Moscow Children Theatre (now RAMT) opened in 1921. Referring to this interesting page in the history of the Soviet scene of the first post-revolutionary years, “Art Volkhonka” made the first publication of Novikov's piece, as well as scenery and costumes sketches by A. Vesnin, one of the most striking designers of those years and founders of theatrical constructivism. Therefore the book is addressed primarily to young readers, may be quite interesting to specialists.