Crises of drama "deprived of preliminarily outlined horizon" (from Alexander Volodin's plays to Dmitry Danilov's trilogy)
In the article are analyzed certain plays of three Russian dramatists. The author traces the changes of characters, structure and action in Russian drama during different cultural periods of history. The article reveals the tendencies in changing forms of A. Volodin' plays, M. and V. Durnenkovs's plays , D. Danilov's plays through the idea of “crisis of drama”, which is discussed in modern theatrical studies. The research proves that in spite of cultural and historical changes natural laws of drama once again move away preliminarily outlined horizon of crisis of drama.