{"product_id":"the-other-chekhov-a-biography-of-michael-chekhov-the-legendary-actor-director-theorist-9781557836403","title":"The Other Chekhov: A Biography of Michael","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first 30 years of the 20th-century produced a theatrical explosion whose reverberations are still felt today. Stanislavsky  Meyerhold  Vakhtanghov  Michael Chekhov in Russia; Reinhardt  Piscator \u0026amp; Brecht in Germany; and Copeau  Barrault \u0026amp; Artaud in France collectively demolished the 19th-century aesthetic and  in their wake  created the modernity which is the hallmark of today's theatre.ÞMost of these men have already been turned into modern icons; there is no shortage of bios on the pioneers of the Moscow Arts Theatre  and the achievements of the others are chronicled and archived for posterity. Only one of these artists remains murky and ill-defined. He is Michael Chekhov (1891-1955)  nephew of the famous playwright Anton Chekhov  the man that Stanislavsky described as  the most brilliant actor in all of Russia. ÞA charismatic actor  an inspiring director and a teacher that developed a dynamic antidote to Russian Naturalism  Chekhov remains the invisible man of the modern theatre. Was he  as Lee Strasberg alleged  a dangerous mystic who would subvert the vigor of Stanislavsky's teachings and undermine the integrity of The Group Theatre? Or was he  as his disciples ä Yul Brynner  Gregory Peck  Ingrid Bergman  Anthony Quinn  Jack Palance  Leslie Caron  Jennifer Jones  Patricia Neal  Anthony Hopkins  Jack Nicholson \u0026amp; Marilyn Monroe ä believed  a man who had discovered a unique approach to acting which transcended the precepts enshrined in Stanislavsky's  System. ÞCharles Marowitz was granted special access to the Chekhov archives in Devon  England  and he interviewed actors and directors who worked closely with Chekhov both in Europe and America. The book chronicles Chekhov's influential period in Hollywood when he was nominated for an Oscar for his performance as the avuncular psychiatrist in Alfred Hitchcock's 1945 film ÊSpellboundÊ. It also describes his close association with Marilyn Monroe at the most delicate stage of her career.","brand":"Hal Leonard Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041338949975,"sku":"9781557836403","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781557836403.jpg?v=1750949877","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-other-chekhov-a-biography-of-michael-chekhov-the-legendary-actor-director-theorist-9781557836403","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}