The most authoritive, authentic text of a classic guide to acting
In the four decades since its first publication, Michael Chekhov's To the Actor has become a standard text for students of the theater. But To the Actor is a shortened, heavily modified version of the great director/actor/teacher's original manuscript, and On the Technique of Acting is the first and only book ever to incorporate the complete text of that brilliant manuscript. Scholars and teachers of Chekhov's technique have hailed On the Technique of Acting as...
The most authoritive, authentic text of a classic guide to acting
In the four decades since its first publication, Mich...
This handbook for professional and amateur actors and directors is designed to train the imagination and body to quickly and effectively call up emotion, develop characters, and strengthen awareness.
This handbook for professional and amateur actors and directors is designed to train the imagination and body to quickly and effectively call up emoti...
This is the first English translation of Michael Chekhov s two-volume autobiography, combining The Path of the Actor (1927) and extensive extracts from his later volume Life and Encounters.
Full of illuminating anecdotes and insightful observations involving prominent characters from the MAT and the European theatre of the early twentieth century, Chekhov takes us through events in his acting career and personal life, from his childhood in St. Petersburg until his emigration to Latvia and Lithuania in the early 1930s.
Accompanying Chekhov's witty,...
This is the first English translation of Michael Chekhov s two-volume autobiography, combining The Path of the Actor (1927) and extensive ...
Full of illuminating anecdotes and witty accounts, this is the first English translation of Chekhov's autobiography. Two leading Russian scholars present an extensive and authoritative account of this great actor and extraordinary man.
Full of illuminating anecdotes and witty accounts, this is the first English translation of Chekhov's autobiography. Two leading Russian scholars pres...
2014 Reprint of 1952 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Chekov has recorded the results of his many years of experimenting, testing and verifying in the professional theater and schools of theater. He brings to the actor far greater insight into himself and the character he is to portray, which enables him to approach any role with new ease and skill. Chekhov was told by Stanislawsky to organize his observations and thoughts and present them to his audience. Preface by Yul Brynner. Illustrated by Nicolai Remisoff.
2014 Reprint of 1952 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Chekov has recorded the result...
