The Moscow Art Theatre Letters

UK Auflage
ISBN: 978-0-87830-084-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 406 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 748 g

Moscow Art Theatre Letters tells the real story of the Moscow Art Theatre, from its origin at the turn of the century through its first forty years. Jean Benedetti presents the historical record first-hand in this collection of the letters of the main protagonists. Many are available in English for the first time--all will come as a revelation to Western readers.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Benedetti, Jean

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

One: Prologue 1897; One: Beginnings; Two: The First Decade; Two: The First Season; Three: Uncle Vanya; Four: Three Sisters; Five: Petersburg; Six: Changes; Seven: Julius Caesar; Eight: The Cherry Orchard; Three: Dissension; Nine: Dissension; Ten: The Struggle for Control; Eleven: The Theatre and the System; Four: The Revolution and After; Twelve: America; Thirteen: Stalin

Über Autor(innen)

Jean Benedetti was until recently the Principal of the Rose Bruford College, one of Britain's leading drama schools. He is a playwright and translator and is the author of Stanislavski: An Introduction and Stanislavski: A Life. He is currently working on new translations of Stanislavski for the Collected Works (forthcoming, Routledge).