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Stella Adler on Ibsen, Strindberg, and Chekhov / Stella Adler ; edited and with a preface by Barry Paris.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Adler, Stella.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904.
- Strindberg, August, 1849-1912.
- Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906.
- Drama--Explication.
- Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906--Criticism and interpretation.
- Strindberg, August, 1849-1912--Criticism and interpretation.
- Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904--Criticism and interpretation.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 323 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Knopf, 1999.
- Summary:
- The legendary acting teacher gives readers her extraordinary insights into work of each actor, into aspects of society and class, into our cultural past, and the evolution of the modern spirit.
- Contents:
- Henrik Ibsen
- 1 Ibsen the Pioneer 3
- 2 Morality, Money, and Marriage 22
- 3 Truth and Lies 37
- 4 The New Character in Realism 52
- 5 The New Performer in Realism 76
- August Strindberg
- 6 Father Knows Abyss 119
- 7 Six Characters in Search of an Actor 138
- Anton Chekhov
- 8 Russian Revolutions 177
- 9 The Seagull 206
- 10 Uncle Vanya and The Cherry Orchard 243
- 11 Three Sisters 260
- 12 Craft and Creation: Exercises In and Out of the Void 292.
- Notes:
- "This is a Borzoi book"--T.p. verso.
- ISBN:
- 0679424423
- OCLC:
- 39627601
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