Anton Chekhov at the Moscow Art Theatre : archive illustrations of the original productions /

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Imprint:London ; New York : Routledge, c2005.
Description:xv, 76 p., lxxxv : ill. ; 37 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5606235
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Other authors / contributors:Gottlieb, Vera, 1945-
Ėfros, N. E. (Nikolaĭ Efimovich), 1867-1923.
Moskovskiĭ khudozhestvennyĭ akademicheskiĭ teatr.
ISBN:0415344409
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:"This lavishly illustrated book is a beautifully crafted reproduction of a Russian journal [i.e. photographs collected by Nikolai Efros] from 1914 and documents, photographically, the premieres of all of Anton Chekhov's plays produced by the Moscow Art Theatre ... also reproduces - for the first time in an English translation - introductions by Stanislavsky's collaborators Nemirovich-Danchenko and Efros'.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Plays of A.P.Chekhov at the Moscow Art Theatre
  • Chekhov and the Art Theatre
  • 'seagull'
  • 'Uncle Vanya'
  • 'three Sisters'
  • 'Cherry Orchard'
  • 'Ivanov' and the Miniatures
  • Endnotes
  • Biographical Notes