The Love of Three Oranges, using an adaptation that Meyerhold had made for his experimental studio in the years before the revolution. This was “estrangement” in a lighthearted vein: in the Prologue, Tragedians, Comedians, Romantics, Eccentrics, and Empty-Heads debate among themselves what genre of entertainment should be performed, and as the fairy-tale plot plays out, they periodically intrude to offer observations and criticisms.
