Checking out Chekhov
Subtitle: a guide to the plays for actors, directors, and readers
By: Sharon Marie Carnicke
Publisher: Academic Studies Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9781936235919; 9781618113207
Subjects: Drama; Criticism and interpretation; Theater
Description: Demystifies Chekhov's plays combining biographical and cultural information with case studies to reveal  the playwright's comic sensibility, deep compassion, use of dramatic style and genre, and literary innovations.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : a taste like olives; title: Chekhov on his own terms; title: The literary soil for Chekhov's drama; title: The devil in the details of Chekhov's plays; title: Dramatic innovations, part one: vaudeville; title: Dramatic innovations, part two: melodrama; title: Chekhov's plays as blueprints for performances; title: Conclusion : a matter of perspective.