Author:
Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904.
Imprint:New York : Norton, c2005.
Descriptionxl, 674 p. ; 22 cm.
Note:Includes: eight plays, "Chekhov's Letters," "Criticism," and "Directors on Chekhov," plus a chronology.
Note:The texts of the plays: Bear -- Ivanov -- Wedding -- Celebration -- Seagull -- Uncle Vanya -- Three sisters -- Cherry orchard
Note:Criticism: the plays in general: Introduction to 'Tchekhof' / George Calderon. - Chekhov, story writer and dramatist / Naum Berkovsky. - Space in Chekhov's plays / Boris Zingerman. - Time in Chekhov: the inexorable and the ironic / Jovan Hristic. - Criticism: specific plays: Vaudevilles / Z.Paperny. - Creation from the void: Ivanov / Lyov Shestov. - Originality of The Seagull and its context / Patrice Pavis. - Uncle Vanya / Maria Deppermann. - Drama as a game of reflected expectations: Chekhov's Three Sisters / Jurij Striedter. - Cherry orchard / Andrey Bely.
Note:Directors on Chekhov: Second thoughts on The Seagull / Konstantin Stanislavsky. - Naturalistic theatre and the theatre of mood / Vsevolod Meyerhold. - Chekhov's plays / Otomar Krejca. - Notes on the Cherry orchard / Giorgio Strehler. - Why the Cherry orchard? / Jean-Louis Barrault. - Cherry orchard: an immense vitality / Peter Brook. - My Chekhov / Peter Stein. - Everything to do with Chekhov / Anatoly Éfros. - Reading Uncle Vanya / Mark Rozovsky.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references.
