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The Paris Manuscript: The Early Draft Rediscovered

The Paris Manuscript: The Early Draft Rediscovered - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:Michael Chekhov, Hugo Moss (Volume Editor)Series:Theatre MakersPublish date:01/23/25Pages:208
Language:EnglishPublisher:Methuen DramaISBN-13:9781350437388ISBN-10:1350437387UPC:9781350437388Book Category:Performing Arts, DramaBook Subcategory:Theater, Acting & Auditioning, Russian & SovietBook Topic:Direction & ProductionSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.8598Product ID:SCZH3187NY

In the early 1930s, during his first years of exile and 20 years before the publication of his seminal work To the Actor, Michael Chekhov made his first incursion into the challenging task of writing about an actor's experience and his vision of the craft.

This important, though largely forgotten, work (the so-called 'Paris Manuscript') was handwritten in German and in it we find Chekhov laying the groundwork for the canon of exercises and practices that, nearly a century later, has widely become known as the Michael Chekhov Technique. Although never completed, the manuscript affords a privileged fly-on-the-wall glimpse of the dawning of an artistic genius's creative vision.

This manuscript was the result of Chekhov's rich collaboration with Swiss theatre director, painter and illustrator Georgette Boner, and the text itself is supplemented with facsimile scans of manuscript pages, photographs, correspondence and other material from Boner's personal archive.

As the popularity of the Michael Chekhov Technique continues to spread globally, the 'Paris Manuscript' offers a timely invitation for actors to take a step back and (re)discover for themselves the structural foundations of Michael Chekhov's vision.

Chekhov's text has been translated, edited and abridged by Hugo Moss, co-founder and director of Michael Chekhov Brasil, who has written an introduction and a series of short essays, 'Reflections From the Studio', which build on a few key elements emerging from the manuscript and over a decade of exploring Chekhov's artistic legacy in the studio environment and in performance.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Methuen DramaISBN-13:9781350437388ISBN-10:1350437387UPC:9781350437388Book Category:Performing Arts, DramaBook Subcategory:Theater, Acting & Auditioning, Russian & SovietBook Topic:Direction & ProductionSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.8598Product ID:SCZH3187NY

Michael Chekhov is generally acknowledged as one of the greatest actors of the 20th century. Born in Russia in 1891, he was one of the prominent members of the Moscow Art Theatre's First Studio and in the 1920s he directed the Second Studio himself. The political turbulence of his times took him from Russia to Germany, France, Latvia and Lithuania, the UK and America, working for a period in Hollywood. He died in 1955 in Los Angeles, aged 64.

Hugo Moss is director of Michael Chekhov Brasil, which he co-founded with Tha?s Loureiro, a studio that since the early 2010s has been exploring Chekhov's artistic legacy.
Publisher: Methuen Drama

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