Chekhov and the vaudeville: a study of chekhov's one-act plays
Auteur :
Gottlieb, Vera
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521136983
Date de publication :
25 févr. 2010
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 x 1,4 cm
Poids :
310 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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.