The Path of a Character: Michael Chekhov's Inspired Acting and Theatre Semiotics

By: Meerzon, Yana

Nephew of Anton Chekhov and a disciple of Konstantin Stanislavskii, Russian émigré actor Michael Chekhov (1891-1955) created one of the most challenging and inspiring acting theories of the 20thcentury. This book is a reinterpretation of Chekhov's theory both in the context of the cultural and political milieu of his time and in the light of theatre semiotics: from Prague Structuralism to French Poststructuralism and contemporary performance theory. This work presents Chekhov's understanding of the actor's stage product - stage mask - as a psychological, psychophysical and cultural construct engaged with the mysteries of the actor/character or, what Mikhail Bakhtin describes as the author/hero, dialectical relationships. It offers new horizons in interdisciplinary and intercultural visions on theatre acting described by Chekhov as a most liberating and cathartic process.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 363153096X
• ISBN13: 9783631530962
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"