{"product_id":"the-chekhov-theatre-a-century-of-the-plays-in-performance-paperback-9780521783958","title":"The Chekhov Theatre; A Century of the Plays in Performance (Paperback) 9780521783958","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Chekhov Theatre\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Century of the Plays in Performance\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis is the first cross-cultural study of Chekhov's plays in production.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLaurence Senelick (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521783958, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 20 April 2000\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e460 pages, 51 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.4 x 2.8 cm, 0.84 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Senelick's book is more than a simple slice of theatre history: it also reflects more than a hundred years of social, political, and cultural change, inscribed in different productions, and mirrored through the prism of the plays. Senelick's is an ambitious undertaking and an exhaustive piece of research … the book will act as a very useful guide, a rich resource, and a stimulus to further investigations.' New Theatre Quarterly\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis is the first cross-cultural study of Chekhov's plays in production. Many now consider Chekhov a playwright equal to Shakespeare, and this book studies how the reputation evolved, and how the presentation of his plays varied and altered from their initial productions in Russia to the most recent postmodern deconstructions of them. In the process, Laurence Senelick analyses the ways in which the reception of Chekhov's plays reflects social, political and aesthetic attitudes in specific countries. Particular attention is given to the staging of Chekhov in Russia before and after the Revolution, and under different regimes; in the English-speaking world, in Western and Eastern Europe, as well as in Japan. Senelick also includes interpretations of Chekhov by the century's most influential directors and designers with valuable and informative illustrations of key productions also a feature of the book.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Play list\u003cbr\u003e List of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e 1. Compromising with the theatre (Russia 1880–1896)\u003cbr\u003e 2. A brace of gulls (Russia 1896–1898)\u003cbr\u003e 3. Moscow nights (The Moscow Art Theatre 1898–1905)\u003cbr\u003e 4. Competitors and imitators (Russian Empire 1898–1917)\u003cbr\u003e 5. Chekhov goes West (Europe 1888–1938)\u003cbr\u003e 6. Comes the Revolution (Russia 1917–1935)\u003cbr\u003e 7. Chekhov learns English (United Kingdom and Ireland 1900–1940)\u003cbr\u003e 8. At home abroad (Europe and England 1917–1938)\u003cbr\u003e 9. America discovers Chekhov (USA 1900–1944)\u003cbr\u003e 10. Under duress (Russia 1940–1945)\u003cbr\u003e 11. Breaking with tradition (Russia 1950–1970)\u003cbr\u003e 12. Ferment in an age of stagnation (Russia 1970–1990)\u003cbr\u003e 13. Out of the rubble (Central and Eastern Europe 1945–1985)\u003cbr\u003e 14. Ut pictura poesis  (Italy and France 1945–1985)\u003cbr\u003e 15. All-American Chekhov (USA 1950–1995)\u003cbr\u003e 16. Chekhov without tears (United Kingdom 1950–1993)\u003cbr\u003e 17. Chekhov sans frontières (The world, 1900–1995)\u003cbr\u003e 18. The perestroika of Chekhov (Eastern Europe and Russian Federation 1989–1994)\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index of Chekhov productions\u003cbr\u003e Index of titles and characters\u003cbr\u003e Index of proper names.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Theatre studies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Theatre studies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Theatre%20studies%20%5BAN%5D%22\"\u003eAN\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005002273048,"sku":"9780521783958","price":44.66,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521783958_c9a3f9a0-94ec-4e27-9081-af61a3e9f651.gif?v=1691367898","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-chekhov-theatre-a-century-of-the-plays-in-performance-paperback-9780521783958","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}