Indeed, like his other major works, the many themes behind Somewhat familiar with at least some of the common mysteries of his "What is it about?" "WhyĪre the plot and character motivations so vague?" "What happens?"Ĭhekhov’s actors, audiences and critics, however, should have been When the play opened on January 31, 1901,Īudiences and critics were equally unsure. The action of the play plodded along in a gray haze with only Surrounding the acting company and their director was even simpler: Noting himself that the play "has an atmosphere more gloomy than gloom But evenĬhekhov was highly unlikely to have deemed the work a happy comedy, Misunderstanding of the kind would not have been unusual. Odds with Stanislavsky over matters of interpretation (he oftenĪccused the director of willfully ignoring his intention and meaningĪnd turning what he considered comedies into weepy melodramas), a In fact, unlike any of his other plays, Chekhov
"You can only holler and weep so long before it's meaningless and annoying."Īs he was wont to do, Stanislavsky was probably being melodramatic,Įxaggerating a bit. (albeit bastardized) in the United States in the 1920s. Russian theater of the time and later became a standard of acting To acting training resulting in realism and naturalism that dominated Play a tragedy and even wept over it," 1 noted theĭirector, Constantin Stanislavsky, who became famous for the approach "He thought he had written a happy comedy and all of us considered the And Chekhov, at the center of it all, was thoroughly Upon completion of the reading, the acting company was "I write life - this gray, everyday life - But that does not mean annoying moaning and groaning." Literature itself: Anton Pavlovich Chekhov. The MXAT and whose name would later become synonymous with Russian Latest work by the playwright who had become a permanent fixture of Theater (MXAT) sat down to read aloud Three Sisters - the
In the winter of 1900, the acting company of the famed Moscow Art
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