The Michael Chekhov twist: Anton's brilliant nephew tried to capture acting's transcendent dimensions.(SPECIAL SECTION: APPROACHES TO THEATRE TRAINING 2005)(excerpt from 'The Other Chekhov: A Biography of Michael Chekhov')(Excerpt) From: American Theatre | Date: January 1, 2005| Author: Marowitz, Charles | COPYRIGHT 2005 Theatre Communications Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

THE FIRST 30 YEARS OF THE 20TH CENTURY produced a creative explosion whose reverberations are still being felt today. Konstantin Stanislavsky, Vsevolod Meyerhold, Yevgeny Vakhtangov, Michael Chekhov in Russia; Max Reinhardt, Erwin Piscator and Bertolt Brecht in Germany; Jacques Copeau, Jean-Louis Barrault and Antonin Artaud in France collectively demolished the 19th-century aesthetic and, in their wake, created the modernity that is the hallmark of today's theatre.

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