Chekhov on the British stage
This book explains how a Russian dramatist who knew no English came to be a major force in twentieth-century British theatre, and why directors, actors and translators continue to be fascinated by his plays.
Criticism, interpretation, etc
xii, 258 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
9780521384674, 0521384672
26363574
Chekhov on the British stage : differences / John Russell Brown
The 'inevitability' of Chekhov : Anglo-Russian theatrical contacts in the 1910s / Aleksey Bartoshevich
Chekhov, naturalism and the drama of dissent : productions of Chekhov's plays in Britain before 1914 / Jan McDonald
Bernard Shaw's dialogue with Chekhov / Anna Obraztsova
Coping with the outlandish : the English response to Chekhov's plays 1911-1926 / Stephen le Fleming
Komisarjevsky's 1926 Three sisters / Robert Tracy
Peggy Ashcroft and Chekhov / Gordon McVay
Far from the West End : Chekhov and the Welsh language stage 1924-1991 / W. Gareth Jones
Chekhov re-viewed : the Moscow Art Theatre's visits to Britain in 1958, 1964, and 1970 / Cynthia Marsh
A path to Chekhov / Oleg Yefremov
Subsequent performances : Chekhov / Jonathan Miller
The 'dwindling scale' : the politics of British Chekhov / Vera Gottlieb. The cherry orchard : a new English version by Trevor Griffiths / David Allen
Changes of direction : Mike Alfreds' methods with Chekhov / Stuart Young
Chekhov and the company problem in the British theatre / Patrick Miles
Design for Chekhov / Arnold Aronson
My search for standards as a translator of Chekhov's plays / Ariadne Nicolaeff
Chekhov into English : the case of The seagull / Richard Peace
English translations of Chekhov's plays : a Russian view / Valentina Ryapolova
Appendix : A chronology of British professional productions of Chekhov's plays 1909-1991 / Patrick Miles and Stuart Young
Includes index