Chekhov on Theatre

Chekhov on Theatre

Author: Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Publisher:

Published: 2013-04-23

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 9781623160319

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Chekhov started writing about theatre in newspaper articles and in his own letters even before he began writing plays. Collected here in translation, these writings reveal Chekhov's instinctive curiosity about the way theatre works-- and his concerns about how best to realize his own intentions as a playwright.--Publisher.


Chekhov on Theatre

Chekhov on Theatre

Author: Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Publisher: Opus on Theatre

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781623160289

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Chekhov started writing about theatre in newspaper articles and in his own letters even before he began writing plays. Collected here in translation, these writings reveal Chekhov's instinctive curiosity about the way theatre works-- and his concerns about how best to realize his own intentions as a playwright.--Publisher.


The Chekhov Theatre

The Chekhov Theatre

Author: Laurence Senelick

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 468

ISBN-13: 9780521783958

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Many now consider Chekhov a playwright equal to Shakespeare. Senelick studies how his reputation evolved, and how the presentation of his plays varied and altered from their initial productions in Russia to recent postmodern deconstructions.


Chekhov for the Stage

Chekhov for the Stage

Author: Anton Chekhov

Publisher: Northwestern University Press

Published: 1992-12-09

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9780810110489

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While the influence of Chekhov in modern theater worldwide, and especially in America, has been immense, translations into English have tended to be too literary and have not communicated the full emotional power and precise attention to detail of Chekhov's Russian. Milton Ehre began translating Chekhov's plays to provide professional theaters with performance texts that capture the feel and rhythms of spoken, rather than written, language. Chekhov for the Stage is the first publication of his revised versions of The Three Sisters, Uncle Vanya, The Cherry Orchard, and The Sea Gull. Ehre's sensitive renderings of these classics make this volume the translation of choice for performers and directors, teachers, and the general reading public.


Shakespeare and Chekhov in Production and Reception

Shakespeare and Chekhov in Production and Reception

Author: John Tulloch

Publisher: University of Iowa Press

Published: 2009-05

Total Pages: 329

ISBN-13: 1587296004

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With a focus on the canonical institutions of Shakespeare and Chekhov, John Tulloch brings together for the first time new concepts of “the theatrical event” with live audience analysis. Using mainstream theatre productions from across the globe that were highly successful according to both critics and audiences, this book of case studies—ethnographies of production and reception—offers a combined cultural and media studies approach to analyzing theatre history, production, and audience. Tulloch positions these concepts and methodologies within a broader current theatrical debate between postmodernity and risk modernity. He also describes the continuing history of Shakespeare and Chekhov as a series of stories “currently and locally told” in the context of a blurring of academic genres that frames the two writers. Drawn from research conducted over nearly a decade in Australia, Britain, and the U.S., Shakespeare and Chekhov in Production and Reception will be of interest to students and scholars of theatre studies, media studies, and audience research.


The Cambridge Companion to Chekhov

The Cambridge Companion to Chekhov

Author: Vera Gottlieb

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2000-11-04

Total Pages: 436

ISBN-13: 1139825658

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This volume of specially commissioned essays explores the world of Anton Chekhov - one of the most important dramatists in the repertoire - and the creation, performance and interpretation of his works. The Companion, first published in 2000, begins with an examination of Chekhov's life, his Russia, and the original productions of his plays at the Moscow Art Theatre. Later film versions and adaptations of Chekhov's works are analysed, with valuable insights also offered on acting Chekhov, by Ian McKellen, and directing Chekhov, by Trevor Nunn and Leonid Heifetz. The volume also provides essays on 'special topics' such as Chekhov as writer, Chekhov and women, and the Chekhov comedies and stories. Key plays, such as The Cherry Orchard and The Seagull, receive dedicated chapters while lesser-known works and genres are also brought to light. The volume concludes with appendices of primary sources, lists of works, and a select bibliography.


Young Chekhov

Young Chekhov

Author: Anton Chekhov

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Published: 2015-09-29

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 0571313035

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Young Chekhov contains a trilogy of plays by the Russian writer Anton Chekhov, written as he emerged as the greatest playwright of the late nineteenth century. The three works, Platanov, Ivanov and The Seagull, in contemporary adaptations by David Hare, will be staged at the Chichester Festival Theatre in the summer of 2015.


Chekhov's Plays

Chekhov's Plays

Author: Richard Gilman

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 1995-01-01

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 9780300072563

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Eminent critic Richard Gilman examines each of Chekhov's full-length plays, showing how they relate to each other, to Chekhov's short stories, and to his life. Gilman places the plays in the context of Russian and European drama and the larger culture of the period, and the reasons behind the enduring power of these classic works.


Chekhov's First Play

Chekhov's First Play

Author: Dead Centre

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2016-04-04

Total Pages: 63

ISBN-13: 1783197587

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‘I’m having absolutely nothing to do with the theatre or the human race. They can all go to hell.’ – Anton Chekhov During the turmoil of the Russian Revolution in 1917, Maria Chekhov, Anton’s sister, placed many of her late brother’s manuscripts and papers in a safety deposit box in Moscow. In 1921 Soviet scholars opened the box, and discovered a play. The title page was missing. The play they found has too many characters, too many themes, too much action. All in all, it’s generally dismissed as unstageable. Like life. A new play by Dead Centre, creators of the OBIE / Fringe First winning LIPPY.