Жанри критики на сторінках інформаційно-аналітичного видання «Театральна декада» (Харків, 1931–1934)

The paper covers the issues of periodization and functioning of the information and analytical bulletin Teatralna Dekada (Theatre Decade) published by State Theatre Trust in Kharkiv, the capital of the Ukrainian SSR at the time (1931–1934). It was established which similar publications from other republics of the USSR the editors of Teatralna Dekada were guided by. Additionally, the features of their first Ukrainian counterpart were clarified. The traits of theatrical writing at the first stage of issuing Teatralna Dekada in Kharkiv were revealed. The bulletin was published irregularly, with only five issues appearing in 1931–1934. Every time the impetus for the beginning and then for another attempt to recommence publishing Teatralna dekada was the change in the power dynamics of the theatre scene of the capital (the discussion around the opening of the Theatre of Revolution, the removal of Les Kurbas from the management of the State Theatre Berezil and the opening of the Theatre of Russian Drama in Kharkiv in counterposition to the Berezil Theatre). It was revealed that the editorial board of the bulletin paid attention to the work of dramatic and musical theatres and the theatre of national minority (State Jewish Theatre); at the same time, the activities of the ensembles of the All-Ukraine Model Puppet Theatre, Children’s Theatre, TROM (Theatre of Working Youth), the Variety Show “Merry Proletarian” and workers’-and-peasants’ fit-up companies were not analyzed. The changes in the composition of the columnists and the principles ofselecting materials under different editors-in-chief were studied. Changes in the visual concept of the theatre bulletin were traced. The publication genres included an editorial, a review article about plans for the theatre season, a review of the results of the past theatre season, a review, a theatre quiz, an obituary, a feuilleton, and an official document. It is established that the editorial board of“Teatralna Dekada” practiced quoting materials from other publications. The bulletin also included commercial advertising—announcements of premieres and theater repertoires. The originality of the editorial policy of“Teatralna Dekada” among other theatre magazines of the first half of the 1930s issubstantiated.