This is the first book to consider the whole subject of Chekhov's
impact on the British stage. Recently Chekhov's plays have come to
occupy a place in the British classical repertoire second only to
Shakespeare. The British, American and Russian authors of these
essays examine this phenomenon both historically and
synchronically. First they discuss why Chekhov's plays were so slow
to find an audience in Britain, what the early productions were
really like, and how Bernard Shaw, Peggy Ashcroft, the Moscow Art
Theatre and politics influenced the British style of Chekhov. They
then address the often controversial issues of directing, acting,
designing and translating Chekhov in Britain today. The volume
concludes with a selective chronology of British productions of
Chekhov's plays and will be of interest to students and scholars of
the theatre, as well as theatre-goers, theatre-practitioners and
Russianists.
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