Taylor & Francis Ltd - The Routledge Companion To Michael Chekhov - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: The Routledge Companion to Michael Chekhov brings together Chekhov specialists from around the world - theatre practitioners theorists historians and archivists to provide an astonishingly comprehensive assessment of his life work and legacy. This volume aims to connect East and West; theatre theory and practice. It reconsiders the history of Chekhov's acting method directing and pedagogy using the archival documents found across the globe: in Russia England America Germany Lithuania and Switzerland. It presents Chekhov's legacy and ideas in the framework of interdisciplinary theatre practices and theories as well as at the crossroads of cultures in the context of his forays into such areas as Western mime and Asian cosmology. This remarkable Companion thoughtfully edited by two leading Chekhov scholars will prove invaluable to students and scholars of theatre theatre practitioners and theoreticians and specialists in Slavic and transcultural studies. Marie - Christine Autant - Mathieu is Director of Research at the National Center For Scientific Research and Assistant - Director of Sorbonne - CNRS Institute EUR Orbem. She is an historian of theatre and specialist in Russian and Soviet theatre. Yana Meerzon is Associate Professor in the Department of Theatre University of Ottawa. Her book publications include Adapting Chekhov: The Text and Its Mutations co - edited with Professor J. Douglas Clayton University of Ottawa (Routlegde 2012).
Title: The Routledge Companion To Michael Chekhov
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9781138224810
Pages: 434 Pages, 2 Tables, Black And White
Publication Date: 6/13/2017
Series: Routledge Companions
Category: Theatre: Individual Actors & Directors