Chekov for the Stage: The Seagull/Uncle Vanya/Three Sisters/The Cherry Orchard (paper)
Chekhov For The Stage sets a new standard for dramatic translation. While the influence of Chekhov in modern theater worldwide, and especially in America, has been immense, translations into English have tended to be too literary ad have not communicated the full emotional power and precise...
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Chekhov For The Stage sets a new standard for dramatic translation. While the influence of Chekhov in modern theater worldwide, and especially in America, has been immense, translations into English have tended to be too literary ad have not communicated the full emotional power and precise attention to detail of Chekhov's Russian.
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Format: paper
ISBN:
9780810110489 (0810110482)
Publish date: December 9th 1992
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Pages no: 240
Edition language: English
If modern theatre is considered an intellectual pastime not fit for the consumption of the casual viewer, then Tchékhov’s plays strike at the heart of drama’s subtetlies. And rightly so for the plays, filled with undersayings, carve a complex structure out of the amalgam of thoughts and feelings tha...