This volume of specially commissioned essays explores the world of Anton Chekhov and the creation, performance and interpretation of his works. The Companion begins with an examination of Chekhov's life and his Russia. Later film versions and adaptations of Chehov's works are analyzed, with insights also offered on acting Chekhov, by Ian McKellen, and directing Chekhov, by Trevor Nunn and Leonid Heifetz. The volume provides essays on special topics such as Chekhov as writer, Chekhov and women, and the Chekhov comedies and stories.
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"...there is a great deal of information here to use to those seeking a deeper appreciation of Chekhov, especially in regard to the performance history of his plays." Nineteenth-Century Contexts
"well-conceived and well-executed collection that deepens and enriches our understanding of Chekhov's drama." Russian Review Vol 60/4
"well-conceived and well-executed collection that deepens and enriches our understanding of Chekhov's drama." Russian Review Vol 60/4
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This volume of specially commissioned essays explores the world of Anton Chekhov and the creation, performance and interpretation of his works. The Companion begins with an examination of Chekhov's life and his Russia. Later film versions and adaptations of Chehov's works are analysed, with insights also offered on acting Chekhov, by Ian McKellen, and directing Chekhov, by Trevor Nunn and Leonid Heifetz. The volume provides essays on 'special topics' such as Chekhov as writer, Chekhov and women, and the Chekhov comedies and stories.
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Another great review by Cambridge. They have proven to do no wrong. Great introduction and review of some plays and short stories. I have all three volumns and some of his plays. Great writer, a great humanist that separated himself from the rest of the Russian writers that is a breath of fresh air.His book of his letters is great and gave insight into his frustrations and his thought of not being the writer he wished he was. Karl Olson
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Chekhov was a first-generation intellectual: his grandfather was a former serf, his father a small shopkeeper. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
cherry orchard, breaking string, black monk, major plays, three sisters Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Uncle Vanya, Moscow Art Theatre, New York, Anton Chekhov, Act Four, National Theatre, Act Two, Act One, Act Three, Uncle Vania, Anna Petrovna, Collected Works, Michael Frayn, The Oxford Chekhov, Peter Brook, Swan Song, The Proposal, The Wood-Demon, Trevor Griffiths, Anatoly Efros, Edward Braun, Old Vic, Vera Gottlieb, Maria Knebel, Olga Knipper New!
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Chekhov was a first-generation intellectual: his grandfather was a former serf, his father a small shopkeeper. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
cherry orchard, breaking string, black monk, major plays, three sisters Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Uncle Vanya, Moscow Art Theatre, New York, Anton Chekhov, Act Four, National Theatre, Act Two, Act One, Act Three, Uncle Vania, Anna Petrovna, Collected Works, Michael Frayn, The Oxford Chekhov, Peter Brook, Swan Song, The Proposal, The Wood-Demon, Trevor Griffiths, Anatoly Efros, Edward Braun, Old Vic, Vera Gottlieb, Maria Knebel, Olga Knipper New!
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- Uncle Vanya by David Mamet on 79 pages
- Oxford Chekhov: Stories, 1892-1893 by Ronald Hingley on 17 pages
- Wild Honey (Methuen's Theatre Classics) by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov on 10 pages
- Uncle Vanya (Oxford Paperbacks) by A.P. Chekhov on 8 pages
- Anton Chekhov (Grove Press Modern Dramatists) on 6 pages
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- Chekhov: The Cherry Orchard (Plays in Production) by James N. Loehlin on 4 pages
- New Theatre Quarterly 69: Volume 18, Part 1 (v. 18) by Clive Barker on page 59, and Back Matter
- The Cambridge Companion to Brian Friel (Cambridge Companions to Literature) by Anthony Roche in Front Matter, and page 115
- Nikita Mikhalkov: The Filmmaker's Companion 1 (KINOfiles Filmmakers' Companions) by Birgit Beumers in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- A Twentieth-Century Literature Reader: Texts and Debates (Twentieth-Century Literature: Texts and Debates) by Suman Gupta in Front Matter, and page 19
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