Anton Chekhov at the Moscow art theatre: archive illustrations of the original productions: from the original journal edited by Nikolai Efros, 1914

The Moscow Art Theatre is still recognized as having more impact on modern theatre than any company in the world. This lavishly illustrated and beautifully produced facsimile edition of a Russian journal from 1914 documents, photographically, the premieres of all of Anton Chekhov's plays produced by the Moscow Art Theatre, including:\*The Seagull, \*Three Sisters\*Uncle Vanya\*Cherry Orchard\*Ivanov.Edited by renowned theatre historian Vera Gottlieb, the volume also reproduces - for the first time in an English translation - introductions by Stanislavsky's collaborators Nemirovich-Danchenko and Efros. With 175 unique photographs, this is a significant contribution to our understanding of the origins of today's theatre. "The Moscow Art Theatre is still recognised as having more impact on modern theatre than any company in the world. This illustrated book is a beautifully crafted reproduction of a Russian journal from 1914. It documents, photographically, the premieres of Anton Chekhov's full-length plays produced by the Moscow Art Theatre. Edited by renowned theatre historian Vera Gottlieb, the volume also reproduces - for the first time in an English translation - introductions by Stanislavsky's collaborator Nemirovich-Danchenko and an introduction by Nikolai Efros, the first literary manager of the MAT, and the first author of monographs on Chekhov's plays at the MAT. With 198 illustrations, many of which are unfamiliar, this is a significant contribution to our own understanding of the origins of today's theatre."--BOOK JACKET BOOK COVER......Page 1 TITLE......Page 4 COPYRIGHT......Page 5 CONTENTS......Page 6 List of illustrations......Page 8 Preface and introduction to the collection......Page 12 Introduction by Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko......Page 18 Chekhov and the Art Theatre......Page 22 SEAGULL’......Page 36 ‘UNCLE VANYA’......Page 44 ‘THREE SISTERS’......Page 57 ‘CHERRY ORCHARD’......Page 71 ‘IVANOV’ AND THE MINIATURES......Page 89 Endnotes......Page 94 Biographical notes by Vera Gottlieb and Nick Worrall......Page 98 "This lavishly illustrated book is a beautifully crafted reproduction of a Russian journal [i.e. photographs collected by Nikolai Efros] from 1914 and documents, photographically, the premieres of all of Anton Chekhov's plays produced by the Moscow Art Theatre ... also reproduces - for the first time in an English translation - introductions by Stanislavsky's collaborators Nemirovich-Danchenko and Efros' This illustrated ed. of a Russian journal from 1914 documents photographically, the premieres of all of Chekhov's plays produced by the Moscow Art Theatre, including: "The Seagull", "Three Sisters", "Uncle Vanya", "Cherry Orchard" and "Ivanov." Chekhov: truly the first love of the Art Theatre.