Performing Chekhov

Author : David Allen

Master eBook ISBN10 : 0-203-01950-4

Master eBook ISBN13 : 978-0-203-01950-4

No of pages :280

Originally Published : 21 Oct 1999

Status : Available [You may read this title]

Performing Chekhov is a unique guide to Chekhov's plays in performance. Drawing on extensive interviews with actors, directors, and designers, it offers in-depth case studies of a number of significant, and often controversial productions of Chekhov's plays. It focuses on the work of key directors in Russia, America and England, including:
* Stanislavski
* Vakhtangov
* Yuri Lyubimov
* The Moscow Art Theatre
* Lee Strasberg
* The Wooster Group
* Jonathan Miller
* Mike Alfreds
Performing Chekhov will be indispensable to students, teachers and theatre practitioners, interested not only in Chekhov, but in the history of the modern stage.

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Table of contents : Introduction Section 1: Chekhov in Russia, 1. The Seagull has perished, 2. The Theatre of Mood: The Moscow Art Theatre, 3. Stanislavski has ruined my play, 4. The Line of Intuition and Feeling: Chekhov and the Stanislavski System, 5. Vakhtangov and Meyerhold, 6. Efros and Lyubimov, Section 2: Chekhov in America 7. Lee Strasberg: Truth in Acting, 8. Andrei Serban: Upstaging the Playwright?, 9. The Wooster Group: Brace Up!, Section 3: Chekhov in England, 10. Theodore Komisarjevsky, 11. Jonathan Miller, 12. Mike Alfreds Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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This exploration of notable productions... Is an excellent idea...written with lively curiosity - plays international

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