. The boy travellers in the Russian empire: adventures of two youths in a journey in European and Asiatic Russia, with accounts of a tour across house of the father-in-law of Alexis, but very little isknown of its character. Russian writers say their first regular dramaswere in the time of Feodor Alexeivitch (half-brother and predecessor ofPeter the Great), and were written by the Czars tutor. Thej^ were pro-duced in one of the suburban palaces, and had a religious character, as weinfer from the titles Prodigal Son, King Nebuchadnezzar, Three Menin the Fiery Furnace, and The Golden
. The boy travellers in the Russian empire: adventures of two youths in a journey in European and Asiatic Russia, with accounts of a tour across house of the father-in-law of Alexis, but very little isknown of its character. Russian writers say their first regular dramaswere in the time of Feodor Alexeivitch (half-brother and predecessor ofPeter the Great), and were written by the Czars tutor. Thej^ were pro-duced in one of the suburban palaces, and had a religious character, as weinfer from the titles Prodigal Son, King Nebuchadnezzar, Three Menin the Fiery Furnace, and The Golden Calf. The Czars tutor was amonk, and the plays were performed by the students attached to the mon-astery. EARLY THEATRES IN RUSSIA. 253 Peter the Great determined to develop the drama, and engaged aHungarian actor, who happened to be at Moscow, to look after the mat-ter. This actor went to Germany and engaged a troupe, and among themwas a man who divided his time between theatrical affairs and ship-build-ing. When he was not shijj-building he was writing plays and managingPeters theatre at Moscow, and he seems to have engaged in the two occu- ^\.^ ^. DRESS OF PEASANTS SCKNE FROM A RUSSIAN OPERA. pations with equal facility. Peter attended the performances accompaniedby his officers. In order to encourage the drama there was no admissionfee, the company being supported by the Government. At first the performances took place in a large hall of the SuhareffTower. After a time a wooden theatre was built near the Kremlin, andperformances were given regularly. The City of Yaroslav established atheatre of its own under the direction of Feodor Volkhoff, an actor whoafterwards became famous in Russia. In 1752 he was summoned to by the Empress Elizabeth, to direct performances at the courttheatre, and in 1756 the Empress issued an Imperial order establishing a 254 THE BOY TRAVELLERS IN THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE. government theatre in the capital. The centennial of this event was t
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