Performing Chekhov is a unique guide to Chekhov's plays in performance. It 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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'This exploration of notable productions... is an excellent idea...written with lively curiosity' - Plays International
'Writing with grace and clarity, David Allen takes us in Performing Chekhov to the source of the American Method.' - Forster Hirsch, American Theatre
'Writing with grace and clarity, David Allen takes us in Performing Chekhov to the source of the American Method.' - Forster Hirsch, American Theatre
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David Allen is a lecturer in drama at the University of Wolverhampton. He has written numerous articles on Chekhov, and is the author of the forthcoming Stanislavski for Beginners.
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'Chekhov's art demands a theatre of mood', Meyerhold declared. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Art Theatre, New York, Actors Studio, Shared Experience, Anton Pavlovich, First Studio, Olga Knipper, The Proposal, Barnes Theatre, Geraldine Page, Ivor Brown, Jonathan Miller, Kim Stanley, Lady Macbeth, Mike Alfreds, Mikhail Chekhov, Yuri Lyubimov, Anatoli Efros, Group Theater, Kate Valk, National Theatre, Rodney Ackland, American Method, Beatrice Roth, Benedict Nightingale New!
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'Chekhov's art demands a theatre of mood', Meyerhold declared. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Art Theatre, New York, Actors Studio, Shared Experience, Anton Pavlovich, First Studio, Olga Knipper, The Proposal, Barnes Theatre, Geraldine Page, Ivor Brown, Jonathan Miller, Kim Stanley, Lady Macbeth, Mike Alfreds, Mikhail Chekhov, Yuri Lyubimov, Anatoli Efros, Group Theater, Kate Valk, National Theatre, Rodney Ackland, American Method, Beatrice Roth, Benedict Nightingale New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Three Sisters (TCG Translations) by Anton Chekhov on 47 pages
- The Cherry Orchard by David Mamet on 27 pages
- Stage Directions by Gielgud in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Who Needs Theatre by Robert Brustein in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Charles Laughton: A Difficult Actor by Simon Callow in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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- Chekhov: The Cherry Orchard (Plays in Production) by James N. Loehlin on 9 pages
- The Cambridge Companion to Chekhov (Cambridge Companions to Literature) by Vera Gottlieb in Back Matter
- Science and the Stanislavsky Tradition of Acting (Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies) by Jonathan Pitches in Back Matter
- The Cambridge Companion to Chekhov (Cambridge Companions to Literature) by Vera Gottlieb in Back Matter
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