Description:
This Companion brings together Chekhov specialists from around the world - theatre practitioners, theorists, historians and archivists - to provide an astonishingly comprehensive assessment of his life, work and legacy. This volume aims to connect East and West; theatre theory and practice. It reconsiders the history of Chekhov's acting method, directing and pedagogy, using the archival documents found across the globe: in Russia, England, America, Germany, Lithuania and Switzerland. It presents Chekhov's legacy and ideas in the framework of interdisciplinary theatre practices and theories.
Review Quotes:
"Quite extraordinary [...] Without doubt, this volume will become the go-to source for everything about this Russian-born artist."
- Critical Stages
"This collection is a fascinating, provocative, and even moving body of writings about one of the great inventors and visionaries of twentieth-century theatre."
- Performance Matters