Plays of Expectations

The book delves into the intricate relationship between audience expectations and the experience of drama, particularly in twentieth-century Russian plays. It examines how readers and theatre-goers engage with texts, forming anticipations based on familiar elements. By analyzing the mechanisms that shape these expectations, the work highlights the enjoyment derived from the unpredictability of theatrical narratives and the interplay between what is anticipated and what actually unfolds on stage or in the text.