The Moscow Art Theatre letters

Author(s)

• Benedetti, Jean
• Moskovskiĭ khudozhestvennyĭ akademicheskiĭ teatr

Bibliographic Information

The Moscow Art Theatre letters

selected, edited and translated with a commentary by Jean Benedetti

Methuen Drama, 1991

Note

Translated from Russian

Includes indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

These letters, including those between Chekhov and Olga Knipper, contain detail on the behind-the-scenes drama of the Moscow Arts Theatre. The period covered includes the foundation and heyday of the theatre, premieres of plays by Chekhov and Gorki, and Stanislavski's most daring experiments.

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Details

• NCID: BA17121998
• ISBN:
  • 0413419606
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: rus
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: xv, 377 p., [12] p. of plates
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PN2726.M62
  • DC20 : 792/.0947/312
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Moskovskiĭ khudozhestvennyĭ akademicheskiĭ teatr -- History
  • LCSH : Moscow (R.S.F.S.R.) -- Intellectual life
  • LCSH : Theater -- Russian S.F.S.R. -- Moscow -- History -- 20th century
  • LCSH : Actors -- Soviet Union -- Correspondence
  • LCSH : Theatrical producers and directors -- Soviet Union -- Correspondence