The other chekhov livre sur la musique - Couverture rigide

Divers, Auteurs

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 155783640X ISBN 13 : 9781557836403

Editeur : Applause Theatre Book Publishers, 2004

Synopsis

The first 30 years of the 20th-century produced a theatrical explosion whose reverberations are still felt today. Stanislavsky, Meyerhold, Vakhtanghov, Michael Chekhov in Russia; Reinhardt, Piscator & Brecht in Germany; and Copeau, Barrault & Artaud in France collectively demolished the 19th-century aesthetic and, in their wake, created the modernity which is the hallmark of todays theatre.

Most of these men have already been turned into modern icons; there is no shortage of bios on the pioneers of the Moscow Arts Theatre, and the achievements of the others are chronicled and archived for posterity. Only one of these artists remains murky and ill-defined. He is Michael Chekhov (1891-1955), nephew of the famous playwright Anton Chekhov, the man that Stanislavsky described as “the most brilliant actor in all of Russia.”

A charismatic actor, an inspiring director and a teacher that developed a dynamic antidote to Russian Naturalism, Chekhov remains the invisible man of the modern theatre. Was he, as Lee Strasberg alleged, a dangerous mystic who would subvert the vigor of Stanislavskys teachings and undermine the integrity of The Group Theatre? Or was he, as his disciples – Yul Brynner, Gregory Peck, Ingrid Bergman, Anthony Quinn, Jack Palance, Leslie Caron, Jennifer Jones, Patricia Neal, Anthony Hopkins, Jack Nicholson & Marilyn Monroe – believed, a man who had discovered a unique approach to acting which transcended the precepts enshrined in Stanislavskys “System.”

Charles Marowitz was granted special access to the Chekhov archives in Devon, England, and he interviewed actors and directors who worked closely with Chekhov both in Europe and America. The book chronicles Chekhovs influential period in Hollywood when he was nominated for an Oscar for his performance as the avuncular psychiatrist in Alfred Hitchcocks 1945 film Spellbound. It also describes his close association with Marilyn Monroe at the most delicate stage of her career.

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À propos de l'auteur

Charles Marowitz is the founding artistic director of the Malibu Stage Company and has been co-director with Peter Brook of the Royal Shakespeare Company Experimental Group. He is the author of the following Applause titles: Directing the Action: Acting and Directing in Contemporary Theatre; The Other Way: An Alternative Approach to Acting & Directing; Recycling Shakespeare; Alarums & Excursions: Our Theatres in the '90s; and Roar of the Canon: Kott and Marowitz on Shakespeare.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Applause Theatre Book Publishers
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 155783640X
• ISBN 13: 9781557836403
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 330
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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