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This 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.

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Book category Books in English The arts Theatre studies

• Full title: Chekhov Theatre
• Subtitle: A Century of the Plays in Performance
• Author: Laurence Senelick
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 460
• EAN: 9780521783958
• ISBN: 052178395X
• ID: 02043144
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 660 g
• Dimensions: 234 × 158 × 24 mm
• Date of publishing: 20. April 2000

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