Chekhov and the Vaudeville: A Study of Chekhov's One-act Plays

Klappentext This book examines the strangely neglected area of Chekhov's one-act plays, written between 1885 and 1903. Zusammenfassung This book examines the strangely neglected area of Chekhov's one-act plays! written between 1885 and 1903. Still frequently performed! they reveal many of the comic and distancing effects which are to be found in the major plays and tell us as much about Chekhov's philosophy as his use of theatre. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations; Introductory note; 1. Objectivity and commitment: the evolution of a philosophy; 2. Conventions and innovations in Russian comedy; 3. The farce-vaudevilles: The Bear, The Proposal, A Tragic Role, The Anniversary, The Night before the Trial; 4. The dramatic studies: On the High Road, Swan Song (Calchas), Tatyana Repina; 5. A play in one act: The Wedding; 6. A monologue is one act: Smoking is Bad for You; 7. A conclusion; Appendices 1-3; Notes; Selected bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Vera Gottlieb, Gottlieb Vera, Gottlieb Vera
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.03.2010
• EAN: 9780521136983
• ISBN: 978-0-521-13698-3
• Dimensions: 141 mm x 218 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Russia, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Russian, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, LITERARY CRITICISM / Russian & Soviet