Chekhov in Performance

By J.L. Styan

Book Overview

For a full understanding of any text, careful consideration must be given to its life in performance. In this rewarding study of four of Chekhov's major plays - Uncle Vanya, The Seagull, The Cherry Orchard and Three Sisters - J. L. Styan demonstrates the development of Chekhov's skills as a dramatist and discusses stage action, portrayal of character, differing twentieth-century productions and the audience reactions they evoked.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521293456
• ISBN13: 9780521293457
• Release Date: October 1978
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"