Vaudeville Vice-King by I. Ilf and Ye. Petrov: Genre Poetics
The article analyzes genre peculiarity of the Vice-King vaudeville - one of the first experiments in drama by I. Ilf and Ye. Petrov. The interaction of artistic means characteristic of the vaudeville genre and satirical comedy is considered; the focuses of dramaturgic action and the vector direction of the traditional vaudeville form update are identified.