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List of illustrations | |
List of contributors | |
Note on style and abbreviations | |
1. Introduction | |
2. Chekhov on the British stage: differences | |
3. The 'inevitability' of Chekhov: Anglo-Russian theatrical contacts in the 1910s | |
4. Chekhov, naturalism and the drama of dissent: productions of Chekhov's plays in Britain before 1914 | |
5. Bernard Shaw's dialogue with Chekhov | |
6. Coping with the outlandish: the English response to Chekhov's plays 1911-1926 | |
7. Komisarjevsky's 1926 Three Sisters | |
8. Peggy Ashcroft and Chekhov: 9. Far from the West End: Chekhov and the Welsh language stage 1924-1991 | |
10. Chekhov re-viewed: the Moscow Art Theatre's visits to Britain in 1958, 1964 and 1970 | |
11. A path to Chekhov | |
12. Subsequent performances: Chekhov: 13. The 'dwindling scale': the politics of British Chekhov | |
14. The Cherry Orchard: a new English version by Trevor Griffiths | |
15. Changes of direction: Mike Alfred's methods with Chekhov | |
16. Chekhov and the company problem in the British theatre | |
17. Design for Chekhov | |
18. My search for standards as a translator of Chekhov's plays | |
19. Chekhov into English: the case of The Seagull | |
20. English translations of Chekhov's plays: a Russian view | |
21. Appendix: A chronology of British professional productions of Chekhov's plays 1909-1991 | |
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